This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'She was cooking dinner.' A) Was baking. B) Cooked dinner. C) Is cooking dinner. D) Was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking. 2. The music ..... (play) when I left her. A) Was playing. B) Were being playing. C) Was being played. D) Was played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was being played. 3. Choose the best NEGATIVE short answer for this yes /no question .Were you practicing piano this morning? A) No, I weren't. B) No, I wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I wasn't. 4. When I came to the hotel, she ..... the loby. A) Cleans. B) Is cleaning. C) Was cleaning. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cleaning. 5. How do you form the past progressive tense for irregular verbs? A) For example, 'I was eating' for the irregular verb 'eat'. B) I was running for the irregular verb 'run'. C) I was writing for the irregular verb 'write'. D) I was swimming for the irregular verb 'swim'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For example, 'I was eating' for the irregular verb 'eat'. 6. Kuya Brian is taking attendance. 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. 7. Complete the sentence.The verb in-ING form tells that the action is happening ..... A) Yesterday. B) Tomorrow. C) Right now. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right now. 8. When the teacher ..... , I ..... A) Was arriving / was sleeping. B) Arrived / slept. C) Arrived / was sleeping. D) Was arriving / slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived / was sleeping. 9. While we ..... (wait) for the bus, it started snowing. A) Was waiting. B) Were waiting. C) Were wait. D) Waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were waiting. 10. After I came back from my football practice, I ..... a shower and ..... to sleep. A) Was taking / was going. B) Take / go. C) Was taking / went. D) Took / went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took / went. 11. Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?In class yesterday, Joshua ..... reading the longest book I had ever seen! A) Is reading. B) Will be reading. C) Was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 12. Mrs Miller ..... (work) in the garden when suddenly a UFO ..... (land) A) Worked, landed. B) Was working, was landing. C) Was working, landed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working, landed. 13. Which auxiliary verbs are used in the past progressive tense? A) Was, were. B) Have, has, had. C) Do, does, did. D) Am, is, are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, were. 14. Alex and John ..... (jog) when a dog ..... (chase) after them. A) Is jogging, was chasing. B) Were jogging, chased. C) Were jogging, was chasing. D) Were jogged, chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were jogging, chased. 15. While I ..... the bathroom, he ..... TV ! A) Was cleaning / watched. B) Cleaned / was watching. C) Was cleaning / was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cleaning / was watching. 16. They ..... (not / listen) when I gave the directions. A) Wasn't listening. B) Weren't listening. C) Didn't listening. D) Not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't listening. 17. My brother ..... his friend yesterday. A) Met. B) Was meeting. C) Were meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 18. I ..... (not sleep) when you knocked the door. A) Was not sleeping. B) Were not sleeping. C) Didn't sleep. D) Am not sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not sleeping. 19. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense with "they / play" . A) They will play in the park. B) They are playing in the park. C) They play in the park. D) They were playing in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing in the park. 20. We ..... TV when the phone rang. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watches. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 21. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'She was reading a book when the phone rang.' A) Was reading. B) Reading a book was. C) Was reading a book. D) The phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 22. Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) She played with her dog. B) She was playing with her dog. A) She will play with her dog. B) She was playing with her cat. C) She was playing with her dog. D) She is playing with her dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was playing with her dog. 23. Which sentence is in past progressive? A) They were cooking dinner. B) They cook dinner. C) They will cook dinner. A) They have cooked dinner. B) They cooked dinner. C) They are cooking dinner. D) A) They were cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A) They were cooking dinner. 24. Identify the correct form:'I (to work) on my project when it started to rain.' A) I am working. B) I will work. C) I was working. D) I worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was working. 25. Convert to past progressive:I read a book. A) I was reading a book. B) I am reading a book. C) I read a book. D) I had read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was reading a book. 26. Complete the sentence.To make the Present Progressive Tense, we add ..... to the base form of the verb. A) -ing. B) -d /-ed. C) -s / es. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ing. 27. Provide an example of a negative sentence in the past progressive tense. A) He was studying not. B) They were not play. C) I was not running. D) She was not studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was not studying. 28. John ..... in Paris for ten years, but now he ..... in Rome. A) Live, live. B) Lived, lives. C) Lived, live. D) Lives, lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived, lives. 29. We ..... putting away our clothes while she was digging a trench. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 30. It ..... colder that evening. A) Was becoming. B) Were becoming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was becoming. ← 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