This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past. A) True. B) The past progressive tense is used for habitual actions. C) False. D) The past progressive tense describes a future action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. It ..... loudly at the cat. A) Was barking. B) Were barking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was barking. 3. Identify the auxiliary verb in the past progressive:'I was reading.' A) Were. B) Was. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 4. We ..... to finish our project before the teacher arrived. A) Were buying. B) Were changing. C) Were bringing. D) Were trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were trying. 5. The sentence in past progressive A) We was not talking. B) They were speaking. C) You was dancing. D) I were speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were speaking. 6. Convert to past progressive:He writes a letter. A) He was writing a letter. B) He has written a letter. C) He wrote a letter. D) He is writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was writing a letter. 7. I ..... my finger while ..... dinner. A) Cutted / was cooking. B) Cut / cooked. C) Cut / was cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut / was cooking. 8. Which of the following is correct:'They were watching a movie' or 'They was watching a movie'? A) They were watching a movie. B) They watches a movie. C) They were watch a movie. D) They is watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were watching a movie. 9. Write the-ing form of the verb STAY. A) Staying. B) Staing. C) Stayed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staying. 10. They were running on the playground ..... A) On Thursday. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Thursday. 11. 6-Ana ..... studying English right now. A) Were. B) Was. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 12. Create a sentence in past progressive using 'she' and 'write'. A) She was writing. B) She wrote. C) She is writing. D) She was write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was writing. 13. What is the past progressive tense used for? A) To express habitual actions. B) To indicate completed actions. C) To describe future actions. D) To indicate ongoing actions in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To indicate ongoing actions in the past. 14. They ..... (play) football when it started to rain. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Are playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 15. Recognize the past progressive in this sentence:'They were having dinner when the guests arrived.' A) Were eating. B) Are having. C) Were having. D) Had dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 16. Convert to past progressive:They travel to Spain. A) They traveled to Spain. B) They were traveling to Spain. C) They are traveling to Spain. D) They have traveled to Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were traveling to Spain. 17. Anita ..... drinking a cup of tea. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 18. Which sentence uses the past progressive to show a background action? A) The birds sing while I walk in the park. B) The birds will sing while I walk in the park. C) The birds were singing while I walked in the park. D) The birds have sung while I walked in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The birds were singing while I walked in the park. 19. Identify the past progressive in this sentence:'They were watching a movie.' A) Were viewing. B) Were watching. C) Were playing. D) Were seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 20. The house ..... (burn), when jack's family left. A) Were burnt. B) Was burn. C) Was burnt. D) Was not burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was burnt. 21. This morning at five o'clock Ben ..... with his brother. A) Played. B) Was playing. C) Is playing. D) Have played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 22. What must you add after the auxiliary in a negative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) Object. B) Verb. C) Subject. D) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not. 23. Use past progressive in context:What were you doing when the phone rang? A) I was cooking dinner when the phone rang. B) I was reading a book when the phone rang. C) I was playing video games when the phone rang. D) I was watching TV when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was reading a book when the phone rang. 24. I ..... (wash) my car while he ..... (watch) TV on the sofa. A) Was washing / watched. B) Washed / watched. C) Was washing / was watching. D) Washed / was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was washing / was watching. 25. While Meylan ..... on the garden, I was preparing dinner. A) Working. B) Is working. C) Had been working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was working. 26. The phone rang while I ..... dinner. A) Am having. B) Will have. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was having. 27. When John ..... , Betty ..... A) Cooked, woke up. B) Was cooking, woke up. C) Was cooking, was waking up. D) Cooked, was waking up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking, woke up. 28. We ..... dinner between seven and eight last night. A) Was having. B) Had. C) Were having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 29. He ..... to the store when it started to rain. A) Was going. B) Was changing. C) Was coming. D) Was trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going. 30. Which shows the verb conjugation of past progressive tense? A) Will be + present participle. B) Is + present participle. C) Was + present participle. D) Are + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was + present participle. 31. Who (watch) television when the doorbell rang? A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 32. When I got to the party, everyone ..... and dancing. A) Were sing. B) Was sing. C) Was singing. D) Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was singing. 33. What is the past progressive form of 'we watch TV'? A) We watched TV. B) We were watching TV. C) We are watching TV. D) We watch TVed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were watching TV. 34. What does the past progressive tense help to establish? A) The future events. B) The main action. C) The background of the story. D) The conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The background of the story. 35. I ..... when Henry ..... to visit this afternoon A) Slept, was coming. B) Was sleeping, came. C) Was sleeping, was coming. D) Slept, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sleeping, came. 36. I ..... dinner when she arrived. A) Make. B) Was making. C) Made. D) Am making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 37. Which tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific point in the past? A) Present Perfect. B) Simple Past. C) Future Perfect. D) Past Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Progressive. 38. Did he ..... a new car last week? A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Buyed. D) Buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buy. 39. ..... I saw him, he was eating ice-cream. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 40. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were watching a movie.' A) Were watching a movie. B) Were watching. C) Watching a movie. D) Were movie watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 41. She was ..... the coffee when she woke up. A) Smelling. B) Smell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smelling. 42. Which example illustrates the use of the past progressive? A) I spent my holiday in Wales. B) I got up early every morning. C) I visited the villages on my bike. D) I was cycling while it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was cycling while it was raining. 43. You ..... when I asked a question. A) Not talk. B) Were not talking. C) Was not talking. D) Did not talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not talking. 44. They were waiting for you. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 45. How many different uses of past progressive tense that have been presented by the presenters? A) 4. B) 6. C) 5. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 46. ..... (verb) To make a tree fall down. A) Shells. B) Cut down. C) Collect. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut down. 47. Xinya was talking to Elyssa and Qi Hui on the phone. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive Tense. 48. They ..... walking on the street yesterday. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 49. Past progressive or simple past tense?Authorities removed over 5000 artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb. A) Past progressive. B) Simple past. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple past. 50. ..... they playing with water at 2:30 p.m yesterday?No, they ..... A) Were/ were. B) Were/ was. C) Were/ weren't. D) Was/ wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were/ weren't. 51. What is the correct past progressive form of "run" for the subject "they" ? A) They are running. B) They will run. C) They run. D) They were running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were running. 52. I ..... (read) a book when suddenly I ..... (hear) a noise. A) Read / heard. B) Was reading / heard. C) Was reading / was hearing. D) Read / was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / heard. 53. Yesterday, I ..... at a car. A) Looked. B) Am looking. C) Looks. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looked. 54. He ..... baseball until four o'clock. A) Wasn't playing. B) Weren't playing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't playing. 55. The bridge ..... (repair) yesterday so the traffic was delayed. A) Was being repaired. B) Was repaired. C) Was repairing. D) Were being repairing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was being repaired. 56. The counselors were surprised that all the Bibles were apps. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive tense. 57. Formulate a sentence using the past progressive tense. A) I will read a book. B) I read a book. C) I was reading a book. D) I am reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was reading a book. 58. Tony ..... standing at the bus stop 7pm. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 59. What was she doing when the phone rang? A) She was watching television. B) She was cooking dinner. C) She was likely engaged in an activity. D) She was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was reading a book. 60. Convert the sentence 'They walked to the park' into past progressive. A) They are walking to the park. B) They walked to the park. C) They were walking to the park. D) They had walked to the park. 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