This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Convert to past progressive:The dog barks at strangers. A) The dog was barking at strangers. B) The dog barks at strangers. C) The dog is barking at strangers. D) The dog barked at strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog was barking at strangers. 2. If the dad says, "You were walking around the house at 3 a.m.", which word BEST explains why were walking is correct? A) Completed. B) Habitual. C) Continuous. D) Future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continuous. 3. Mary was playing the piano while her mother ..... a book. A) Is reading. B) Reads. C) Was reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 4. What were you doing when I (call)? A) Was calling. B) Did call. C) Called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 5. ..... the sun set while you were waiting for your uncle? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 6. ..... you eating dinner when a monkey jumped onto the table? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. Formulate a past progressive sentence using the verb 'to write'. A) I was wrote. B) I write. C) I was writing. D) I am writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was writing. 8. They ..... swimming in the lake at 4 o'clock. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. I ..... doing my homework when my brother hit me. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 10. Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?Too many people ..... to work in the kitchen to cook dinner last night. A) Are trying. B) Were trying. C) Will be trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were trying. 11. No one in the class (play) Among Us anymore, when they were invited by their teacher. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Is playing. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 12. Change 'The dog barks at strangers' to past progressive. A) The dog was barking at strangers. B) The dog barks at strangers yesterday. C) The dog barked at strangers. D) The dog is barking at strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog was barking at strangers. 13. Tom's cat started to purr ..... he was petting it. A) While. B) When. C) At midnight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 14. I ..... the watermelon when I cut my finger. A) Was cutting. B) Was speaking. C) Was remembering. D) Was spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cutting. 15. You are giving me a headache. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 16. I was speaking with Meeka ..... the dogs were pulling the sled. A) While. B) When. C) Last Monday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 17. Create a question using the past progressive tense. A) What is your favorite color?. B) Where did you go last summer?. C) How do you feel about the weather?. D) What were you doing yesterday at 3 PM?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What were you doing yesterday at 3 PM?. 18. He ..... (call) me while I ..... (work). A) Was calling, was working. B) Was calling, am working. C) Called, was working. D) Was calling, worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was calling, was working. 19. Bryan was ..... an ice cream. A) Eating. B) Drinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 20. My mother and I were talking on the phone. A) Past progressive. B) Simple present tense. C) Simple past. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive. 21. We are thinking of returning next year. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive tense. 22. I ..... the food when the guests ..... A) Was still preparing / were arriving. B) Was still preparing / arrived. C) Still prepared / were arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was still preparing / arrived. 23. Mark ..... sitting under the sycamore tree while Molly was writing a letter. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 24. Formulate a sentence using the past progressive tense about your last vacation. A) I am enjoying the beach during my last vacation. B) I will enjoy the beach during my last vacation. C) I was enjoying the beach during my last vacation. D) I enjoyed the beach during my last vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was enjoying the beach during my last vacation. 25. Huei Xin saw Bhargavi at the pool. 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. 26. While Tom and Mary (talk), the cars ( crash) into one another. A) Were talking, crashed. B) Was talking, crashed. C) Talked, was crashing. D) Talked, were crashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking, crashed. 27. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'They were playing soccer.' A) Were playing soccer. B) Playing soccer. C) Were playing. D) They were soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 28. What tense is this phrase:I have lived in Montreal since 2017. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Simple Past Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present Perfect Tense. 29. What were you doing at 8 PM last night? (Use past progressive in your answer) A) I was reading a book. B) I was watching a movie. C) I was cooking dinner. D) I was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was reading a book. 30. Polly met a lot people ..... she was living in Munich. A) While. B) When. C) Last Sunday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 31. What were you wearing at the party last week? A) A black suit with a white shirt and tie. B) A blue dress with black heels and silver jewelry. C) A red shirt with blue jeans and sneakers. D) A green skirt with sandals and a t-shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A blue dress with black heels and silver jewelry. 32. Which sentence is in simple past tense? A) The tomb of Tutankhamun was hidden for over 2000 years. B) The royal seal revealed it was an important find. C) Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were celebrating the find. D) The water boy was following orders from Howard Carter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The royal seal revealed it was an important find. 33. I was swimming in the lake when I ..... a monster. A) Saw. B) Was seeing. C) See. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 34. Which sentence shows the correct use of past progressive for "they" ? A) They are playing. B) They were playing. C) They was playing. D) They is playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing. 35. The teachers ..... sitting on the chair in the library. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 36. I ..... speaking with Meeka while the dogs were pulling the sled. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 37. Create a question in past progressive tense using 'you'. A) Did you study?. B) You were studying?. C) Are you studying?. D) Were you studying?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you studying?. 38. Ryan ..... sleeping when his dad came. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 39. ..... (verb) To make a house or a building. A) Send. B) Trip. C) Play. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Build. 40. Which auxiliary verb is used in the past progressive tense? A) Are. B) Has. C) Was or were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was or were. 41. ..... was your mom doing this morning? A) Who. B) Why. C) What. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What. 42. She ..... (watch) TV when the lights went out. A) Watched. B) Watches. C) Was watching. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 43. Which of the following sentences is in past progressive:'I was sleeping', 'I sleep', or 'I will sleep'? A) I slept. B) I have slept. C) I was sleeping. D) I am sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was sleeping. 44. I ..... through the mall Tuesday. A) Was walking. B) Were walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 45. What ..... at the game last night? A) Happened. B) Is happening. C) Happens. D) Happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happened. 46. The children ..... (play) outside when it started to rain. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Was play. D) Were play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 47. Which is a condition for past progressive tense? A) The action will happen in the near future. B) The action happened when another action was done. C) The action was happening when it was interrupted. D) The action is done habitually at regular intervals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The action was happening when it was interrupted. 48. He was reading a book when I called him. True or False? A) He was sleeping when I called him. B) True. C) He was playing a game when I called him. D) He was watching TV when I called him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. They ..... faster than anyone else in the race. A) Were running. B) Was running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were running. 50. Sally (have) ..... a sound sleep last night. A) Was having. B) Had. C) Were having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 51. She ..... her grandmother last week. A) Called. B) Calls. C) Call. D) Is calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 52. In the sentence 'We were watching a movie', what is the subject in past progressive? A) Watching a movie. B) They. C) The movie. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 53. Which time expression fits best with past progressive:'every day' or 'at that time'? A) Every week. B) In the future. C) Last year. D) At that time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At that time. 54. My puppy ..... eating on its doghouse yesterday morning. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 55. Choose the best affirmative short answer for this yes /no question .Were you sleeping when dad came home from work? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, I were. C) Yes, I am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I was. 56. We ..... not happy after the sad ending A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 57. She was ..... TV. A) Watching. B) Listening to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching. 58. They weren't swimming in the lake ..... A) At 4 o'clock. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At 4 o'clock. 59. Harry is watching a movie. A) Past tense. B) Past progressive. C) Present tense. D) Present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Present progressive. 60. Convert to past progressive:We swim in the pool. A) We swimmed in the pool. B) We swim in the pools. C) We are swimming in the pool. D) We were swimming in the pool. 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