This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... they studying when you arrived? A) Were. B) Do. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 2. We ..... soccer yesterday at 5. A) Were buying. B) Were playing. C) Were starting. D) Were remembering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 3. They weren't singing ..... we were dancing in the street. A) While. B) When. C) On Saturday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 4. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine) ..... A cool breeze (blow) ..... The birds (sing) ..... A) Was shining, was blowing, were singing. B) Was shining, blowing, singing. C) Shining, blow, singing. D) Was shining, was blowing, singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was shining, was blowing, were singing. 5. Mary was playing the piano, while Michel ..... a book. A) Were reading. B) Was reading. C) Reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 6. He was listening to music while doing his homework. A) He was taking a break. B) He was multitasking. C) He was focused on his studies. D) He was watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was multitasking. 7. It is used for a completed action in the past and now is finished A) Past Continous. B) Past Perfect. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Simple. 8. He ..... while the teacher was explaining the new rule. A) Sleeps. B) Slept. C) Was sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 9. While the girls (study), the bell (ring) A) Was studying, rang. B) Studied, was ringing. C) Were studying, rang. D) Studied, were ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying, rang. 10. The dog ..... its paws when John fell down. A) Is licking. B) Am licking. C) Were licking. D) Was licking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was licking. 11. I was doing my homework ..... my brother hit me. A) When. B) While. C) On Monday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 12. Convert the sentence 'She danced at the party' to past progressive. A) She was dance at the party. B) She was dancing at the party. C) She danced at the party. D) She is dancing at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was dancing at the party. 13. We ..... the garden on may 15th. A) Was planting. B) Were planting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were planting. 14. What is the past tense of "put" ? A) Putted. B) Put. C) Putting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put. 15. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the Past Progressive and Simple Past tenses together? A) When the phone rang, I rocked the baby. B) When the phone rang, I was rocking the baby. C) When the phone rang, I rock the baby. D) When the phone rang, I am rocking the baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the phone rang, I was rocking the baby. 16. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'During summer, we were constantly visiting the beach' A) Reasons and contexts for events. B) The past continuous and definite time. C) Ongoing and repeated events. D) Events happening at a particular time in the past. E) Background events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ongoing and repeated events. 17. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, she was taking her final exam.' A) Reasons and contexts for events. B) The past continuous and definite time. C) Events happening at a particular time in the past. D) Ongoing and repeated events. E) Background events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The past continuous and definite time. 18. Which of the sentence below is written in simple past tense? A) The organs will be placed into canopic jars. B) Natron dried the body out for 40-50 days. C) The priest wears a mask of Anubis during the mummification process. D) A portrait of the deceased has been created. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natron dried the body out for 40-50 days. 19. What sentence is ok? A) He was watching TV. B) He were watching TV. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was watching TV. 20. What are they doing RIGHT NOW?My family and I ..... a lot of work at home. A) Is doing. B) Are doing. C) Am doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are doing. 21. Which of the following sentences is in the past simple? A) I was walking to school. B) I walked to school. C) I am walking to school. A) I had walked to school. B) B) I walked to school. C) I am walking to school. D) I will walk to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) I walked to school. 22. Choose the best options for the following sentence.Yesterday, my uncle ..... (to go) to the doctor, and ..... (to have) a blood test while I ..... (to be) in the waiting room with my mom. A) Went/had/was. B) Went/was having/was being. C) Was going/was having/was. D) Was going/had/was being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went/had/was. 23. What is the structure of a past progressive sentence? A) Subject + will + verb+ing. B) Subject + was/were + verb+ing. C) Subject + has/have + verb. D) Subject + is/am + verb+ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + was/were + verb+ing. 24. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'She was reading a book when I called her.' A) Was calling. B) Was reading. C) She was reading. D) Reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 25. Which sentence best describes an ongoing action in the past using the past progressive tense? A) She was studying all night for the test. B) She studies all night for the test. C) She will study all night for the test. D) She has studied all night for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was studying all night for the test. 26. Select the sentence with past progressive tense:A) We danced at the party. B) We were dancing at the party. A) We are dancing at the party. B) We were dancing at the party. C) We will dance at the party. D) We danced at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were dancing at the party. 27. Her husband is always complaining about his health. A) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. B) PAST PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 28. My two brothers ..... to the radio. A) Is listening. B) Listened. C) Were listening. D) Was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were listening. 29. What is the time tense of the next sentence?"They were playing" . A) Negative form. B) Question form. C) Affirmative form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affirmative form. 30. Write $\longrightarrow$ A) Written. B) Writing. C) Writeing. D) Writting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing. ← 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