This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mrs Miller ..... (work) in the garden when suddenly a UFO ..... (land) A) Worked, landed. B) Was working, was landing. C) Was working, landed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working, landed. 2. Which auxiliary verbs are used in the past progressive tense? A) Do, does, did. B) Have, has, had. C) Was, were. D) Am, is, are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, were. 3. Alex and John ..... (jog) when a dog ..... (chase) after them. A) Is jogging, was chasing. B) Were jogging, was chasing. C) Were jogged, chased. D) Were jogging, chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were jogging, chased. 4. While I ..... the bathroom, he ..... TV ! A) Was cleaning / watched. B) Cleaned / was watching. C) Was cleaning / was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cleaning / was watching. 5. They ..... (not / listen) when I gave the directions. A) Wasn't listening. B) Not listening. C) Didn't listening. D) Weren't listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't listening. 6. My brother ..... his friend yesterday. A) Met. B) Was meeting. C) Were meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 7. I ..... (not sleep) when you knocked the door. A) Am not sleeping. B) Was not sleeping. C) Were not sleeping. D) Didn't sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not sleeping. 8. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense with "they / play" . A) They play in the park. B) They are playing in the park. C) They will play in the park. D) They were playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing in the park. 9. We ..... TV when the phone rang. A) Was watching. B) Watches. C) Watched. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 10. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'She was reading a book when the phone rang.' A) Was reading a book. B) Reading a book was. C) Was reading. D) The phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 11. Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) She played with her dog. B) She was playing with her dog. A) She was playing with her dog. B) She will play with her dog. C) She is playing with her dog. D) She was playing with her cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was playing with her dog. 12. Which sentence is in past progressive? A) They were cooking dinner. B) They cook dinner. C) They will cook dinner. A) They have cooked dinner. B) They are cooking dinner. C) A) They were cooking dinner. D) They cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A) They were cooking dinner. 13. Identify the correct form:'I (to work) on my project when it started to rain.' A) I was working. B) I will work. C) I am working. D) I worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was working. 14. Convert to past progressive:I read a book. A) I am reading a book. B) I was reading a book. C) I had read a book. D) I read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was reading a book. 15. Complete the sentence.To make the Present Progressive Tense, we add ..... to the base form of the verb. A) -ing. B) -d /-ed. C) -s / es. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 16. John ..... in Paris for ten years, but now he ..... in Rome. A) Live, live. B) Lived, live. C) Lives, lived. D) Lived, lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lived, lives. 17. We ..... putting away our clothes while she was digging a trench. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. It ..... colder that evening. A) Was becoming. B) Were becoming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was becoming. 19. Was or Were?We ..... dancing. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. They ..... at the same hotel that year. A) Was staying. B) Were staying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were staying. 21. What were Mia and Luke collecting at the beach? A) They were collecting garbage. B) She was collecting garbage. C) He were collecting shells. D) They was collecting garbage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were collecting garbage. 22. 10-I ..... cleaning my house right now. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am. 23. Choose the sentence that is not written in the simple past tense. A) My dog ran away from home. B) I was watching the new movie on T.V. C) The boy sang his favorite song. D) You ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching the new movie on T.V. 24. I ..... doing my homework on the weekend. A) Am. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 25. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'At 8 PM last night, I was reading a book.' A) Background events. B) Ongoing and repeated events. C) The past continuous and definite time. D) Events happening at a particular time in the past. E) Reasons and contexts for events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Events happening at a particular time in the past. 26. Amy ..... while the other girls ..... A) Is dancing are dancing. B) Was dancing was singing. C) Was dancing were singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing were singing. 27. If a verb ends with-y, what should you do to form the past progressive tense? A) Change-y to-i and add-ing. B) Remove-y and add-ing. C) Add-ing directly. D) Double the last letter and add-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add-ing directly. 28. Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) I ate breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast. A) I am eating breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast. C) I was breakfasting. D) I will eat breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was eating breakfast. 29. Convert 'She sings beautifully' into past progressive. A) She was singing beautifully. B) She was sing beautifully. C) She is singing beautifully. D) She sang beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was singing beautifully. 30. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSESara was ..... (run) because she was late for her classes. A) Runs. B) Running. C) Run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Running. 31. She ..... reading a book a few minutes ago. A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 32. We ..... a game when the class ..... A) Are playing / finished. B) Were playing / finished. C) Played / was finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing / finished. 33. We ..... TV at nine last night. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 34. At lunchtime yesterday, you saw Natalia eating ice cream. Which is the correct positive sentence? A) She was eating ice cream. B) She were eating ice cream. C) She eat ice cream. D) She eating ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was eating ice cream. 35. We (drive) home from school when the accident happened. A) Were driving. B) Was driving. C) Drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were driving. 36. Lucas (collect) ..... coins last month. A) Were collect. B) Were collecting. C) Was collecting. D) Was collect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was collecting. 37. What ..... you ..... when I called you last night? A) Are / doing. B) Were / doing. C) Did / do. D) Was / do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. 38. I was sleeping when you came home last night. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 39. While she was crying, he held her hand. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 40. Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) I ran in the park. B) I was running in the park. A) I was running in the park. B) I was running in the park. C) I will run in the park. D) I am running in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was running in the park. 41. What is the structure of an affirmative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-S + OBJECT. B) SUBJECT + TO HAVE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. C) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ED + OBJECT. D) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. 42. They were traveling to Paris when they lost their luggage. Formulate this sentence. A) While they were traveling, their luggage was lost. B) While traveling to Paris, they lost their luggage. C) They were in Paris when they lost their luggage. D) They lost their luggage while traveling to London. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While traveling to Paris, they lost their luggage. 43. In the sentence "She was making a noise in the kitchen, " which part shows the continuous aspect? A) Making. B) Was. C) Kitchen. D) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making. 44. Ben ..... us while we ..... football in the yard. A) Was seeing / were playing. B) Seed / were playing. C) Saw / were playing. D) Saw / was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw / were playing. 45. How do you form the past progressive tense? A) Is/are + verb + ing. B) Has/have + verb + ing. C) Was/were + verb + ing. D) Was/were + verb + past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were + verb + ing. 46. I ..... to school yesterday A) Walk. B) Walks. C) Walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 47. The caterers are serving lunch. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive tense. 48. We ..... playing ball when I saw Tom. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 49. Tom's cat ..... to purr while he was petting it. A) Started. B) Start. C) Starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 50. Arthur and Merlin ..... for the sword Excalibur a long time ago. A) Were looking. B) Was looking. C) Are looking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were looking. 51. They ..... their minds about which movie to watch. A) Were trying. B) Were starting. C) Were swimming. D) Were changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were changing. 52. The baby ..... when the mother arrived home. A) Cries. B) Is crying. C) Was crying. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was crying. 53. They ..... playing soccer all afternoon. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 54. While we ..... in the park, Mary fell over. A) Ran. B) Were running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were running. 55. The kids ..... (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. A) Were playing. B) Playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 56. Why is the past progressive tense used in the sentence "People were drinking hot chocolate" ? A) To describe a future plan. B) To describe a habitual action. C) To describe an action in progress in the past. D) To describe a completed action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe an action in progress in the past. 57. What is the correct way to form the past progressive tense for a plural subject? A) Was +-ed form of the verb. B) Are +-ed form of the verb. C) Were +-ing form of the verb. D) Is +-ing form of the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were +-ing form of the verb. 58. Choose the correct past progressive sentence for the following situation: "Tom started his homework at 6 PM. At 7 PM, he was still doing it." A) Tom will do his homework at 7 PM. B) Tom does his homework at 7 PM. C) Tom did his homework at 7 PM. D) Tom was doing his homework at 7 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom was doing his homework at 7 PM. 59. What ..... Adam and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Were / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Did / did. D) Are / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / doing. 60. I ..... (study) history when my friends ..... (come) around. A) Studied / came. B) Was coming / came. C) Studied / were coming. D) Was studying / came. 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