This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What ..... yestarday at p.m.? A) Was you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Did you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 2. I was reading a book when the lights ..... out. A) Going. B) Was going. C) Went. D) Was gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 3. Which verb correctly completes the sentence below? We ..... the holy rosary all morning. A) Was praying. B) Are prayed. C) Prays. D) Were praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were praying. 4. What tense is this phrase:I went to New York last year. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Simple Past Tense. C) Past Progressive Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Past Tense. 5. Last night, my computer ..... to make funny sounds. A) Is starting. B) Started. C) Starts. D) Start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 6. When Mrs. Smith ..... (open) the door, her children ..... (do) their homework and her husband ..... (read) the newspaper. A) Opened, were doing, was reading. B) Was opening, were doing, was reading. C) Was opening, did, read. D) Opened, did, read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened, were doing, was reading. 7. They ..... (drink) cocktails while Mrs Brown ..... (eat) supper. A) Was drinking, was eating. B) Were drinking, was eating. C) Drank, ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were drinking, was eating. 8. Last night, the baby ants ..... (cry). A) Were cring. B) Was crying. C) Was cring. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were crying. 9. What should you do if a verb has one syllable and ends with C-V-C to form the past progressive tense? A) Add-ing directly. B) Remove the last letter and add-ing. C) Double the last letter and add-ing. D) Change the last letter to-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double the last letter and add-ing. 10. They ..... singing while we were dancing in the street. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 11. Michael was flying a kite ..... the teacher was teaching class. A) While. B) When. C) Last Thursday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 12. My sister ..... scampering in the park yesterday afternoon. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 13. Mum ..... (prepare) dinner while I ..... (do) the vacuum cleaning. A) Was preparing, was doing. B) Prepared, did. C) Was preparing, did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing, was doing. 14. A bird ..... Harry's hat when he was helping his grandmother. A) Didn't steal. B) Didn't stole. C) Stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't steal. 15. My sister (go) to school. A) Wentwent. B) Is going. C) Are going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is going. 16. 8-Tom ..... sleeping at the moment. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 17. You are amazing, you know that? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 18. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were walking to school.' A) Were running. B) Were going. C) Were walking. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 19. We were putting away our clothes ..... she was digging a trench. A) While. B) When. C) At 10am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 20. Choose the correct answer.When I ..... school at 7 o'clock, the sun ..... A) Was starting, was rising. B) Started, was rising. C) Started, rose. D) Was starting, rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started, was rising. 21. What is the correct past progressive tense form of the verb "eat" for the subject "he" ? A) He is eating. B) He had been eating. C) He was eating. D) He ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was eating. 22. The girls ..... to music when I turned off the radio. A) Weren't listening. B) Aren't listening. C) Listen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't listening. 23. He is talking care of the patients in the hospital. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 24. What is the auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense? A) Do. B) Is. C) The auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense is 'was' or 'were'. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense is 'was' or 'were'. 25. We (not/ tend) ..... the garden at 5 p.m yesterday. A) Weren't tend. B) Weren't tending. C) Wasn't tended. D) Wasn't tending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't tending. 26. Which sentence demonstrates past progressive tense? A) He wrote a letter. B) He was writing a letter. A) He was writing a letter. B) He was writing a letter. C) He will write a letter. D) He is writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was writing a letter. 27. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were walking to the park when it started to rain.' A) Were walking. B) Were playing. C) Were going. D) Were run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were walking. 28. What is the past progressive form of 'to be'? A) Was being. B) Are being. C) Is being. D) Were being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was being. 29. The students weren't having a snack when the teacher ..... them. A) Calls. B) Is calling. C) Called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 30. Fill in the blank with the past progressive:'At 8 PM, I ..... (watch) TV.' A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Was watched. D) Am watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. ← 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