This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Simple Past negative and interrogative (questions) sentences have 'did' and first form of verb.Structure:Subject+ did not+ first form of verbDid + subject + first form of verbQ. We make simple past negative and interrogative by using helping verb: A) Done. B) Does. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 2. They ..... in Toronto for 3 months before they moved to Paris. A) Was living. B) Had been living. C) Have lived. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been living. 3. The sun ..... (shine) every day last week A) Shoon. B) Shining. C) Was shining. D) Were shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was shining. 4. Identify the sentence in past continuous or progressive tense. A) The pumpkins grew large last year. B) He was going to shift in Ras Al Khaimah. C) The dentist has done his job very well. D) He is demanding a high salary as he has a great experience on his resume'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was going to shift in Ras Al Khaimah. 5. I ..... (go) to spend the afternoon with my friends but decided to stay home instead. A) Goes. B) Was going. C) Going. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going. 6. When I phoned my friends, they (play) monopoly. A) Played. B) Play. C) Were playing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 7. ..... you ..... (ride) your bicyle yesterday morning? A) Were / rideing. B) Was /riding. C) Were / riding. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / riding. 8. I ..... (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang A) Having. B) Was having. C) Had. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 9. Which of the following is past simple? A) The best player has not performed well in this match. B) They survived the accident. C) He always brings gifts for me. D) She will soon appear for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They survived the accident. 10. Simple Past tense expresses an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.Structure of simple past tense (affirmative) is:Subject+ second form of verb Eg. He spelled it correctly.He is the subject and spelled is the second form of verb.Q. Simple past tense affirmative (statements) sentences have: A) Third form of verb. B) First form of verb. C) Second form of verb. D) Present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second form of verb. 11. Which form of verb comes with 'did'? A) Present participle. B) Second form of verb. C) Third form of verb. D) First form of verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First form of verb. 12. Future Progressive describes an activity in progress in the future, with a time reference.Structure:subject+ will be/shall be+ verb+ingExample:This time next week I will be starting at my new school.Q. Which form of verb is used in future progressive? A) Third form of verb (swum). B) Present participle (swimming). C) First form of verb (swim). D) Second form of verb (swam). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present participle (swimming). 13. Identify the past simple. A) They are collecting money for charity. B) The committee organized a fund raiser party for school of blind people. C) Close all the doors and windows of the house. D) It will be raining soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The committee organized a fund raiser party for school of blind people. 14. What is the use of past progressive tense? A) Is a verb tense which is used to show that an ongoing action is happening now. B) Is a verb to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. C) Is a verb tense that indicates that something will occur in the future and continue for an expected length of time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is a verb to describe an action that was in progress at a specific time in the past. 15. ..... Mr. Bernard and I discussing about a quizizz when you asked a question? A) What is. B) What were. C) What was. D) What are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were. 16. I ..... (not sleep) when you got home late last night A) Was not sleeping. B) Sleeping. C) Sleeps. D) Were not sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not sleeping. 17. Read and choose the correct sentence in "Past progressive Tense" . A) I was cook yesterday morning. B) He were cooking yesterday morning. C) You were cooking yesterday morning. D) They was cooking yesterday morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You were cooking yesterday morning. 18. I ..... (bake) a cake A) Were baking. B) Was baking. C) Were baking. D) Was baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was baking. 19. I got my Iphone just yesterday, I wish I ..... it. A) Hasn't bought. B) Weren't buying. C) Hadn't bought. D) Wasn't buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't bought. 20. The audience was applauding until he fell off the stage. A) Past continuous. B) Future continuous. C) Present continuous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past continuous. 21. When my grandparents arrived we ..... in the garden. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Was played. D) Were plaiyng. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 22. Identify the simple past tense. A) Hamid works in a coal mine. B) I am informing them about the incident. C) She was the best artist in the class. D) They will return your money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was the best artist in the class. 23. Which sentence is simple past? A) The government blocked the roads to stop the rally. B) She always speaks high of you. C) Were they going to demolish the building next street?. D) Have you ever thought about the consequences?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The government blocked the roads to stop the rally. 24. Put the correct form of the verb included in the sentence below:I ..... (listen) to the radio while my sister ..... (watch) TV. A) Was listening/watched. B) Listened/was watching. C) Was listening/was watching. D) Were listening/were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening/was watching. 25. We ..... (sit) outside while the planes ..... (fly) overhead. A) Were sitting/ was flying. B) Was sitting/ were flying. C) Was sitting/ was flying. D) Were sitting/ were flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sitting/ were flying. 26. Identify future progressive negative sentence. A) He will not complete this assignment tonight. B) This year, he will not be working on this project. C) It is raining cats and dogs. D) They will have invited us if we were there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This year, he will not be working on this project. 27. Will Nick be picking us up from the airport? Above mentioned sentence is: A) Interrogative (question). B) Negative. C) Affirmative. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrogative (question). 28. What is the time tense of the next sentence? "It was not raining." A) Negative form. B) Question form. C) Affirmative form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative form. 29. The thief ..... (steal) money when the shopkeeper talked to a customer A) Was steal. B) Stealing. C) Was stealing. D) Were stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was stealing. 30. Which is not an example of past progressive. A) She was the champion of volley ball in her school. B) They were always hoping for the bright options. C) The children were running towards the finish line. D) The principal was initiating a new music club to promote arts in the school. 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