This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use past progressive in context:'While I ..... (do) my homework, my brother ..... (play) video games.' Fill in the blanks. A) While I am doing my homework, my brother plays video games. B) While I was do my homework, my brother was playing video games. C) While I did my homework, my brother was playing video games. D) While I was doing my homework, my brother was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While I was doing my homework, my brother was playing video games. 2. Ana and Mark ..... (not /drive) when I came. A) Was playing. B) Was not driving. C) Are not playing. D) Were not driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were not driving. 3. Sarun ..... go to school yesterday. A) Don't. B) Doesn't. C) Isn't. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't. 4. What ..... he doing then? A) Is. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 5. ..... your parents giving you a chance to take the money back? Yes, they ..... A) Were/ were. B) Was/ was. C) Were/ was. D) Was/ were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were/ were. 6. Repetition and Irritation with "Always"The past continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly" is to express A) The idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the present. B) The idea that something irritating or shocking happened rarely in the past. C) The idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past. D) The idea that something happy or shocking often happened in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The idea that something irritating or shocking often happened in the past. 7. He ..... often to tie his shoe. A) Was stopping. B) Were stopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was stopping. 8. Teenagers often ..... that their parents are behind the times. A) Feels. B) Feel. C) Felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feel. 9. When Luis came, I ..... by phone A) Was. B) Talked. C) Was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking. 10. I was eating when someone knocked the door.Which one is the short action? A) Was eating. B) Someone knocked the door. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone knocked the door. 11. Recognize the past progressive in this:'She was painting while it rained.' A) Was painting. B) Was coloring. C) Was sketching. D) Was drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was painting. 12. While they were watching TV, their kids ..... (sleep) A) Slept. B) Sleeped. C) Was sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 13. Differentiate between past progressive and simple past:What is the difference in meaning between 'I was eating' and 'I ate'? A) 'I was eating' is used for habitual actions. B) The difference is that 'I ate' refers to a completed action, while 'I was eating' refers to an ongoing action in the past. C) 'I ate' suggests an action that is still happening. D) 'I was eating' indicates a future action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difference is that 'I ate' refers to a completed action, while 'I was eating' refers to an ongoing action in the past. 14. Rewrite using the past progressive:She read a book while I watched TV. A) She reading a book while I watched TV. B) She was read a book while I watching TV. C) She was reading a book while I was watching TV. D) She read a book while I was watch TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was reading a book while I was watching TV. 15. ..... the sun set while we were having dinner? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 16. Lucas and Mikayla were jogging together. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive Tense. 17. Which word is often used to indicate that two actions were in progress at the same time in the Past Progressive tense? A) While. B) After. C) Since. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 18. Create a sentence in past progressive using 'I' and 'study'. A) I am studying. B) I will study. C) I was studying. D) I studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was studying. 19. She is cooking our breakfast. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 20. Deva ..... (drive) the car when a deer ..... (cross) the street. A) Was driving, was crossing. B) Was driving, crossed. C) Driving, crossed. D) Was driving, crossing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving, crossed. 21. Identify the past progressive in the context:'They were laughing while the movie played.' A) Were laughing. B) Were playing. C) Were laughing at. D) Were watching the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were laughing. 22. She was studying for her final exams when the power went out. A) She was preparing for her exams. B) She was reviewing her notes. C) She was taking a break. D) She was studying in the dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was reviewing her notes. 23. Was or Were?Sue and Gareth ..... walking up the hill. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 24. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSEThe phone rang while I ..... dinner. A) Was having. B) Had. C) Will have. D) Am having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was having. 25. He had an accident while he ..... (play) rugby with his friends. A) Were playing. B) Played. C) Was played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 26. Differentiate:'He was studying while she cooked dinner.' vs 'He studied while she cooked dinner.' What is the difference? A) Both sentences indicate simultaneous actions with no difference in meaning. B) The first sentence implies ongoing action; the second implies completed action. C) The first sentence indicates he was not studying at all. D) The first sentence suggests she finished cooking before he started studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first sentence implies ongoing action; the second implies completed action. 27. I changed my clothes ..... I got home. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 28. As my mom ..... dinner, I was setting the table. A) Was making. B) Makes. C) Were making. D) Made dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 29. Several people who refused to leave, ..... on Mount St. Helens when it erupted in 1980. A) Are still living. B) Still live. C) Still living. D) Were still living. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were still living. 30. Convert the sentence 'He swims in the pool' to past progressive. A) He is swimming in the pool. B) He swims in the pool yesterday. C) He was swimming in the pool. D) He swam in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was swimming in the pool. 31. Billy met James ..... he was talking to John. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 32. The dog ..... (sleep) on the porch when the mailman arrived. A) Was sleeping. B) Was sleep. C) Were sleep. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 33. While she ( read) a book, suddenly the spider (appear). A) Read, was appearing. B) Were reading, appeared. C) Was reading, appeared. D) Read, were appearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading, appeared. 34. Which of the following is NOT a correct contracted form of the auxiliary "to be" in the past progressive tense? A) You weren't talking. B) They wasn't talking. C) He/She/It wasn't talking. D) We weren't talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wasn't talking. 35. The leader of the group (check) all the checklist right now. A) Are checking. B) Is checking. C) Was checking. D) Were checking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is checking. 36. Miranda ..... (drive) to work when she ..... (see) the accident. A) Are driving, saw. B) Is driving, saw. C) Was driving, saw. D) Were driving, saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving, saw. 37. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... was he cooking dinner so early? Was it because it was my birthday? A) Why. B) Who. C) What. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why. 38. They were playing soccer while it was raining. A) They were playing in the rain. B) They were watching soccer. C) They were playing soccer. D) They were playing basketball. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were playing soccer. 39. Everyone ..... carefully while the teacher ..... a new topic. A) Were listening / was explaining. B) Was listening / explained. C) Was listening / was explaining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening / was explaining. 40. Steve ..... (to jog) when the rain ..... (to start). A) Was jogging, was starting. B) Was jogging, started. C) Had jogged, was starting. D) Jogged, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was jogging, started. 41. Change 'You finish your homework' to past progressive. A) You finish your homework yesterday. B) You are finishing your homework. C) You were finishing your homework. D) You had finished your homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You were finishing your homework. 42. Amy ..... water at 2 p.m. last night. A) Drank. B) Drinks. C) Was drinking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was drinking. 43. (listen / you) to the radio while you were studying? A) Were you listening. B) Did you listen. C) Was you listening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you listening. 44. ..... Polly met a lot people while she was living in Munich? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 45. Mary was playing the piano while Susie ..... A) Were singing. B) Was singing. C) Sang. D) Is singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was singing. 46. Choose the correct answer.While I ..... to YouTube songs, the telephone ..... A) Was listening, was ringing. B) Was listening, rang. C) Listened, was ringing. D) Listened, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was listening, rang. 47. ..... Ana doing her homework last time? A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 48. She ..... the coffee when she woke up. A) Was smelling. B) Were smelling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was smelling. 49. Which uses the a past progressive tense correctly? A) The class were ongoing when they heard the fire alarm. B) The class was ongoing when they was hearing the fire alarm. C) The class was ongoing when they heard the fire alarm. D) The class was ongoing when they were hearing the fire alarm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The class was ongoing when they heard the fire alarm. 50. Change the sentence 'I walked to the store' to past progressive. A) I walk to the store. B) I had walked to the store. C) I was walking to the store. D) I will walk to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was walking to the store. 51. Dongze and Dongrun ran to hug their mother. 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. 52. Speak $\longrightarrow$ A) Spoke. B) Speakking. C) Speaking. D) Speaing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speaking. 53. Suzy ..... her homework while her friend ..... dinner. A) Was doing / was making. B) Did / was making. C) Was doing / made. D) Did / made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing / was making. 54. What time expressions are commonly used with the past progressive tense? A) Common time expressions that accompany the past progressive tense include 'at that moment', 'while', 'when', and 'during'. B) Every day. C) Last week. D) In the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common time expressions that accompany the past progressive tense include 'at that moment', 'while', 'when', and 'during'. 55. She was cooking dinner while he was setting the table. True or False? A) She was setting the table while he was cooking dinner. B) They were both cooking dinner together. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 56. Which of the following sentences is an example of an information question in the past progressive tense? A) I was sleeping while you were dusting the shelves. B) Was Phil working when you saw him?. C) Were you playing outside during the storm?. D) What were you doing when you saw her?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What were you doing when you saw her?. 57. Convert to past progressive:I study for my exams. A) I studied for my exams. B) I am studying for my exams. C) I will study for my exams. D) I was studying for my exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was studying for my exams. 58. She ..... (reads a book while waiting for the bus. A) Were read. B) Were reading. C) Was read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 59. What were you thinking about during the lecture? A) I was wondering if I left the oven on. B) I was thinking about applying the concepts to real-life situations. C) I was thinking about what to have for lunch. D) I was daydreaming about my vacation plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was thinking about applying the concepts to real-life situations. 60. Which uses the correct past progressive tense? A) The group waited under the shed while the rain was pouring. B) The group were waiting under the shed while the rain was pouring. C) The group was waiting under the shed while the rain was pouring. D) The group waited under the shed while the rain were pouring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The group waited under the shed while the rain was pouring. ← 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