This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... you watching news on TV when the earthquake began? A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 2. I ..... my homework when Aris phoned. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Am doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 3. You ..... the sunset last night. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 4. Change this sentence to past progressive:I cleaned my room when my mom came home. A) I was cleaned my room when my mom came home. B) I was cleaning my room when my mom came home. C) I cleaning my room when my mom came home. D) I clean my room when my mom came home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was cleaning my room when my mom came home. 5. Why do we say "She wasn't going to her grandmother's house" instead of "She didn't going" ? A) Because progressive tense uses "didn't + verb-ing". B) Because progressive tense uses "was/were + verb-ing". C) Because "didn't going" is shorter. D) Because past progressive and past simple are the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because progressive tense uses "was/were + verb-ing". 6. The gardener (mow) the lawn. A) Is mowing. B) Mowing. C) Is mow. D) Am mowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is mowing. 7. Form a past progressive sentence using the verb 'play'. A) I am playing. B) I played. C) I was playing. D) I was play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was playing. 8. My friend and I ..... (sleep) in our tent when the fire ..... (break) out. A) Was sleeping, broke. B) Were sleeping, broke. C) Slept, broke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping, broke. 9. ..... (noun) Things we throw away like trash, rubbish ..... A) Garbage. B) Chemicals. C) Shells. D) Cut down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garbage. 10. I wasn't paying attention to class.Is this sentence in Past Tense or Past Progressive Tense? A) Past tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive tense. 11. The sun ..... while we were having dinner. A) Didn't set. B) Didn't setted. C) Setting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't set. 12. Shane really loves to drive very fast on the free way. And he ..... on Main Street when his car broke down. A) Drives. B) Drove. C) Was driving. D) Were driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving. 13. Choose the correct helping verb that completes the meaning of the sentence.The girls were ..... singing a song. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 14. Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him? A) Did / study / was calling. B) Was studying / was calling. C) Did / study / called. D) Was / studying / called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / studying / called. 15. Yesterday, while I ..... my homework, my friend called me. A) Was remembering. B) Was spending. C) Was playing. D) Was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was remembering. 16. .... were doing the test. A) The students. B) A student. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The students. 17. Was or Were?The printer ..... printing out a photograph. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 18. True or False:The past progressive tense can describe an action that was interrupted. A) True. B) False. C) The past progressive tense cannot describe ongoing actions. D) The past progressive tense only describes completed actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. ..... they playing badminton last summer? A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 20. Last year, he ..... at a restaurant. A) Works. B) Is working. C) Work. D) Worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worked. 21. Choose the sentence in past progressive tense:A) They sang a song. B) They were singing a song. A) They were sang a song. B) They was singing a song. C) They were sing a song. D) They were singing a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were singing a song. 22. Mom ..... the floor at 7 a.m. this morning. A) Sweeps. B) Was sweeping. C) Swept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sweeping. 23. Choose the correct form:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Played. B) Play. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 24. While the little boy ( swing) on the rocking-horse, his mother (come) home. A) Were swinging, came. B) Swang, was coming. C) Swang, were coming. D) Was swinging, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was swinging, came. 25. The students in Block B (sing) to the tune of London Bridge last week. A) Is singing. B) Was singing. C) Were singing. D) Are singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were singing. 26. Which of the following is the correct structure for forming a Yes/No question in the past progressive tense? A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. B) Subject + To be + Verb +-ing + Object +?. C) Subject + Verb +-ing + To be + Object +?. D) To be + Verb +-ing + Subject + Object +?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. 27. ..... Mr. Agus and Mr. Ali operating the computer when you entered the room? A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 28. Complete the past progressive tense.Oyen, the little cute kitten, ..... with the neighbour's dog. (fight) A) Were fought. B) Were fighting. C) Was fought. D) Was fighting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was fighting. 29. My friend ..... a cake when I arrived. A) Bake. B) Was baking. C) Were baking. D) Baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was baking. 30. The children ..... quietly in the corner. A) Play. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books