This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Earlier, You ..... taking a photograph for our Christmas album. A) Am. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. Convert to past progressive:The dog barks at strangers. A) The dog barks at strangers. B) The dog barked at strangers. C) The dog is barking at strangers. D) The dog was barking at strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog was barking at strangers. 3. If the dad says, "You were walking around the house at 3 a.m.", which word BEST explains why were walking is correct? A) Continuous. B) Habitual. C) Future. D) Completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. ..... 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. 7. ..... 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. 8. Formulate a past progressive sentence using the verb 'to write'. A) I write. B) I was writing. C) I am writing. D) I was wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was writing. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. No one in the class (play) Among Us anymore, when they were invited by their teacher. A) Is playing. B) Are playing. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 13. Change 'The dog barks at strangers' to past progressive. A) The dog was barking at strangers. B) The dog is barking at strangers. C) The dog barked at strangers. D) The dog barks at strangers yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog was barking at strangers. 14. 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. 15. I ..... the watermelon when I cut my finger. A) Was speaking. B) Was spending. C) Was cutting. D) Was remembering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cutting. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Create a question using the past progressive tense. A) What is your favorite color?. B) What were you doing yesterday at 3 PM?. C) Where did you go last summer?. D) How do you feel about the weather?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were you doing yesterday at 3 PM?. 19. 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. 20. Bryan was ..... an ice cream. A) Eating. B) Drinking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 21. My mother and I were talking on the phone. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) Present progressive. D) Simple present tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. Formulate a sentence using the past progressive tense about your last vacation. A) I am enjoying the beach during my last vacation. B) I enjoyed the beach during my last vacation. C) I will enjoy the beach during my last vacation. D) I was enjoying the beach during my last vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was enjoying the beach during my last vacation. 26. 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. 27. While Tom and Mary (talk), the cars ( crash) into one another. A) Talked, was crashing. B) Talked, were crashing. C) Was talking, crashed. D) Were talking, crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were talking, crashed. 28. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'They were playing soccer.' A) Were playing. B) Were playing soccer. C) Playing soccer. D) They were soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 29. 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. 30. What were you doing at 8 PM last night? (Use past progressive in your answer) A) I was playing video games. B) I was reading a book. C) I was cooking dinner. D) I was watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was reading a book. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past 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