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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you use the past progressive tense to show interrupted actions? A) Use simple past for both actions. B) Use future tense for the interrupting action. C) Use present tense for the ongoing action. D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. 2. Daniel and his friends ..... up the stairs. A) Were marching. B) Is marching. C) Was marching. D) Are marching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were marching. 3. She ..... a movie when the lights went out. A) Is watching. B) Watch. C) Watched. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 4. They were trying to build an igloo ..... A) Last night. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last night. 5. The phone ..... (ring) when I entered the room. A) Was rining. B) Was ringing. C) Were rining. D) Were ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was ringing. 6. They ..... trying to make an igloo last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. Philip and Jonas (collect) samples of the rat cell for their experiment last weekend. A) Was collecting. B) Is collecting. C) Are collecting. D) Were collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were collecting. 8. He ..... (dance) at a party when he ..... (meet) his girlfriend. A) Was dancing / met. B) Danced / was meeting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was dancing / met. 9. Find the past progressive in this text:'He was studying when I called.' A) Studied when. B) Was studying called. C) Was studying. D) Was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 10. I ..... in the park when I met Serena A) Is walking. B) Were walking. C) Am walking. D) Was walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was walking. 11. My sister wasn't scampering in the park ..... A) Yesterday afternoon. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday afternoon. 12. Andrea and Rosa (have) breakfast. A) Have. B) Is having. C) Has. D) Are having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are having. 13. What is the correct structure for forming an information question in the past progressive tense? A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. B) Subject + To be + Verb +-ing + Object +?. C) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. D) To be + Verb +-ing + Subject + Object +?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. 14. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/finish) their homework when I arrived.' A) Have not finished. B) Did not finish. C) Had not finished. D) Were not finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not finished. 15. The sun rose ..... we were waiting for my uncle. A) While. B) When. C) Last Wednesday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 16. Which sentence is NOT in the past progressive tense? A) I was reading a book. B) We were watching TV. C) She is cooking dinner. D) He was playing soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is cooking dinner. 17. Sue and Fran ..... playing violin while Matt was playing guitar. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. I was involving in that game. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. The child ..... when the ball hit the vase. A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Play. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 20. ..... in the garden? A) Was Tom read. B) Tom reading. C) Was Tom reading. D) Did Tom reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was Tom reading. 21. We were having a picnic when it started to rain. A) The picnic was interrupted by rain. B) The rain ruined our plans for the day. C) The weather was perfect for a picnic. D) We decided to leave before the rain started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The picnic was interrupted by rain. 22. Which of the following is NOT past progressive? A) She was dancing. B) She danced. C) She was dancing yesterday. A) B) She danced. B) They were dancing. C) He dances. D) She is dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) She danced. 23. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... were you dancing tonight, at the restaurant or at your house? A) Who. B) What. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 24. (make the question)She arrived at 6 pm A) She arrived at 6 pm?. B) Did she arrive?. C) When did she arrive?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When did she arrive?. 25. She ..... cutting my hair in the morning. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 26. Which of these is an incorrect past progressive sentence? A) She were swimming in the pool. B) They were living in New York. C) He was sleeping at midnight. D) I was making a cake last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She were swimming in the pool. 27. When I (get back) ..... my mum (cook) ..... dinner A) Was getting back / cooked. B) Got back/ was cooking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got back/ was cooking. 28. Ana and mark ..... (not /drive) to house A) Are not playing. B) Was not driving. C) Were not driving. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were not driving. 29. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'I was practicing piano because I had a big performance coming up' A) Reasons and contexts for events. B) The past continuous and definite time. C) Ongoing and repeated events. D) Background events. E) Events happening at a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasons and contexts for events. 30. As they ..... TV, the power went out. A) Is watching. B) Watched. C) Watches. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8Past Progressive Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books