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. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'He was studying for the exam.' A) Exam was studying. B) Was studying for. C) Studying was. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying. 2. What tenses do you use when you want to talk about an action that happens in progress in the past and it was interrupted by another action: A) Past simple and Past Perfect. B) Past Simple and Past Perfect Progressive. C) Past Simple and Past Continuous. D) Past Perfect and Past TO BE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Simple and Past Continuous. 3. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Formulate this sentence. A) We were watching a movie when the lights turned off. B) The power went out while we were watching a film. C) We were in the middle of watching a movie when the power went out. D) We finished watching a movie just before the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were in the middle of watching a movie when the power went out. 4. Choose the best affirmative short answer for this yes /no question .Was I cleaning the house in the morning? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, you were. C) Yes, I were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, you were. 5. He wasn't reading a book ..... she was cooking dinner. A) While. B) When. C) On Sunday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 6. Choose the correct past progressive form:'He ..... (sleep) on his desk when the teacher explained it.' A) Is sleeping. B) Slept. C) Are sleeping. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sleeping. 7. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive correctly? A) I was having a good time. B) I had a good time. C) I have a good time. D) I will have a good time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was having a good time. 8. He ..... reading a book while she was cooking dinner. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 9. What were your friends doing while you were working? A) They were working on a project. B) They were studying for exams. C) They were hanging out and having fun. D) They were sleeping at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were hanging out and having fun. 10. Use past progressive in context:Describe what you were doing at 8 PM last night. A) I was cooking dinner and cleaning the house. B) I was watching a movie and texting a friend. C) I was sleeping at 8 PM last night. D) I was playing video games with my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching a movie and texting a friend. 11. Choose the sentence that uses the past progressive tense to show two simultaneous actions. A) He will listen to music while he does his homework. B) He was listening to music while he was doing his homework. C) He listens to music while he does his homework. D) He listened to music while he did his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was listening to music while he was doing his homework. 12. The kids ..... when I entered their bedroom. A) Wasn't sleeping. B) Didn't slept. C) Weren't sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't sleeping. 13. Jonathan (read) ..... a book when I came. A) Were reading. B) Was reading. C) Reads. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 14. My mother ..... (bake) cookies yesterday. A) Were bakeing. B) Were baking. C) Was baking. D) Was bakeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was baking. 15. While I ..... , I heard a noise suddenly. A) Reads the newspaper. B) Was reading the newspaper. C) Read the newspaper. D) Have read the newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading the newspaper. 16. They ..... football at 5 p.m. yesterday. A) Was playing. B) Playing. C) Were playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 17. The seals were eating fish ..... a shark suddenly appeared. A) When. B) While. C) On Thursday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 18. What tense is this phrase:I drove to work yesterday. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past Tense. 19. Form a past progressive sentence using the verb 'cook'. A) I was bake. B) I was cooking. C) I cooked. D) I am cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was cooking. 20. My teacher was ..... Social Studies last week. A) Listening. B) Speaking. C) Teaching. D) Giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching. 21. While John ..... , Betty ..... A) Cooked, was waking up. B) Was cooking, woke up. C) Was cooking, was waking up. D) Cooked, woke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking, woke up. 22. What is the function of the simple past tense? A) To describe actions that take place simultaneously. B) To describe future actions. C) To describe ongoing actions. D) To describe completed actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To describe completed actions. 23. Identify the past simple in the sentence:'They were watching a movie.' A) Movie. B) Watching. C) Were. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 24. Today I am working. Yesterday, I ..... A) Will work. B) Work. C) Worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 25. He ..... in his room now. A) Is reading. B) Was reading. C) Were reading. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is reading. 26. Miguel ..... (speak) with Lucia when I saw her. A) Were speaking. B) Was speaking. C) Is speaking. D) Are speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was speaking. 27. Question number 2 A) Is studying. B) Has studying. C) Were studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying. 28. Which subordinating conjunction can be used to show that an action was interrupted? A) When. B) And. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 29. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/listen) to the teacher while he was talking.' A) Are not listening. B) Was not listening. C) Were not listening. D) Did not listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were not listening. 30. What (you, do) ..... when the accident occured? A) Are you doing. B) Were you doing. C) You did. D) Did you do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. ← 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