This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Write the-ing form of the verb READ. A) Readding. B) Reading. C) Readeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading. 2. I ..... my clothes at 9 p.m. last night. A) Hang. B) Was hanging. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hanging. 3. Who ..... to you when I ..... you in the park? A) Were talking / saw. B) Was talking / saw. C) Talking / saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking / saw. 4. If the phone rang at 9 p.m. while you were eating dinner, how would you explain it? A) I am eating dinner when the phone rang. B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. C) I eat dinner when the phone rang. D) I was eat dinner when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. 5. Question number 6 A) Was read. B) Was reading. C) Has read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 6. When I ..... my cup, thecoffee ..... on my lap. A) Dropped, spill. B) Dropped, spilled. C) Drop, spilled. D) Drop, spill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dropped, spilled. 7. Choose the correct verb conjugation:'He (to eat) dinner when I arrived.' A) Will eat. B) Is eating. C) Ate. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating. 8. My mom called me for dinner while I ..... for the test. A) Is reviewing. B) Were reviewing. C) Was reviewing. D) Are reviewing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reviewing. 9. ..... Sue was doing my homework, her brother was watching TV. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 10. 7-They ..... playing guitar now. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 11. Formulate a past progressive sentence using the verb 'to play'. A) I was played. B) I play. C) I was playing. D) I am playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was playing. 12. I was reading a detective story ..... I heard a noise. A) During. B) While. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 13. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the past progressive tense? A) She go to her grandmother's house yesterday. B) She is going to her grandmother's house yesterday. C) She was going to her grandmother's house yesterday. D) She goes to her grandmother's house yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was going to her grandmother's house yesterday. 14. Write a sentence using past progressive about 'the dog'. A) The dog is barking. B) The dog barks. C) The dog barked. D) The dog was barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog was barking. 15. I ..... doing my homework last weekend A) Were. B) Am. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 16. Kishan shared some sweets with Yi Xuan and Enn Ling. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past Tense. 17. Which sentence best describes an interrupted action using the past progressive? A) I have slept when the alarm rang. B) I sleep when the alarm rings. C) I will sleep when the alarm rings. D) I was sleeping when the alarm rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was sleeping when the alarm rang. 18. ..... you speaking with Meeka while the dogs were pulling the sled? A) Were. B) Did. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 19. Father and mother ..... watching TV at 7 p.m. last night. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. They ..... out the trash at 7 p.m. yesterday. A) Was taking. B) Took. C) Were taking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were taking. 21. Convert to past progressive:We eat dinner. A) We are eating dinner. B) We were eating dinner. C) We were eat dinner. D) We eat dinnered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were eating dinner. 22. Were you eating cakes at 8 a.m yesterday? A) No, I was. B) Yes, me was. C) Yes, we was. D) No, we weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, we weren't. 23. John didn't see me while I ..... the street. A) Was crossing. B) Am crossing. C) Cross. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was crossing. 24. What ..... you ..... in the hospital last week? A) Was, doing. B) Were, do. C) Was, do. D) Were, doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, doing. 25. "What ..... last night at 8 p.m.?""I ..... the dog. A) Were you do / walking. B) Did you do / walked. C) Were you doing / was walking. D) Were you doing / walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you doing / was walking. 26. He was always ..... about the cold weather. A) Complaining. B) Complained. C) Complain. D) Complains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complaining. 27. They ..... the Christmas presents the whole yesterday afternoon. A) Wrapped. B) Wrap. C) Were wrapping. D) Are wrapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were wrapping. 28. Which of the following sentences is an example of a Yes/No question in the past progressive tense? A) I was sleeping while you were dusting the shelves. B) Was I sleeping while you were dusting the shelves?. C) What were you doing when you saw her?. D) Why were you crying during the movie?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was I sleeping while you were dusting the shelves?. 29. What is the time tense of the next sentence?"Were you singing?" A) Negative form. B) Question form. C) Affirmative form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question form. 30. Paula (sing) a song. A) Sang. B) Is singing. C) Are singing. D) Am singing. 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