This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... watching TV when I arrived. A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 2. It ..... until she gained weight. A) Was fitting. B) Were fitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was fitting. 3. I (rehearse) for my declamation speech when my sister sounded the radio to our favorite music. A) Were rehearsing. B) Am rehearsing. C) Was rehearsing. D) Is rehearsing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was rehearsing. 4. The lion (sleep) soundly when a rat played his tail and accidentally bit it. A) Were sleeping. B) Are sleeping. C) Was sleeping. D) Is sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 5. Which of the following correctly shows the-ing form of the verb win? A) Winning. B) Wining. C) Winingg. D) Winsing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winning. 6. Fill in the blank: "I ..... (read) a book when the phone rang." A) Reading. B) Was reading. C) Were reading. D) Was read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 7. I (go) to England last summer. A) Goed. B) Was going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 8. Who ..... baking cookies an hour ago? A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 9. Sarah was ..... dinner when her brother called. A) Cooking. B) To cook. C) Cooked. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 10. Which of the following sentences correctly uses the past progressive tense to show an interrupted action? A) I am eating dinner when the phone rings. B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. C) I will eat dinner when the phone rings. D) I eat dinner when the phone rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. 11. My best friend ..... (wait) when I ..... (arrive) at school. A) Waited / was arriving. B) Was waiting / arrived. C) Waited / arrived. D) Were waiting / arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting / arrived. 12. Which of the following sentences is an example of a negative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) Leona was paying attention to her surroundings. B) Joey and Mia were studying when they were home. C) Leona was not paying attention to her surroundings. D) Joey and Mia were studying when they were not home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leona was not paying attention to her surroundings. 13. He was listening to music while doing his homework. True or False? A) He was not doing his homework at all. B) He was watching TV while doing his homework. C) He was listening to music after finishing his homework. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 14. Which example shows an action that was interrupted? A) I was cycling when my phone rang. B) I was talking to a farmer. C) I cycled every day. D) I spent my holiday in Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was cycling when my phone rang. 15. That kid and his mother ..... (not, stand) alone at the bus stop. A) Was not stand. B) Were not standing. C) Were not standed. D) Were not stand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not standing. 16. We really ..... (enjoy) the game last Sunday. A) Enjoying. B) Enjoyed. C) Were enjoying. D) Enjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoyed. 17. Which of the following sentences is in the past progressive tense? A) I walked to the store. B) I was walking to the store. C) I will walk to the store. A) I had walked to the store. B) B) I was walking to the store. C) I am walking to the store. D) I walk to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) I was walking to the store. 18. A:I was watching TV when she called. B:When the phone rang, she was writing a letter. C:While we were having the picnic, it started to rain. D:I had a very good time last night with you.Which one above is not a sentence in past progressive form? A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 19. When the light ..... (go) out I ..... (read) an interesting article. A) Went, read. B) Went, were reading. C) Went, was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went, was reading. 20. .... was doing the test. A) The students. B) A student. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A student. 21. We ..... for the sick children in March. A) Was caring. B) Were caring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were caring. 22. My siblings ..... a movie while I was cooking. A) Were watching. B) Are watching. C) Were watchin. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were watching. 23. What is the past progressive form of 'They play soccer'? A) They play soccer. B) They were playing soccer. C) They are playing soccer. D) They played soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing soccer. 24. We use past continuos A) Non of the these ones. B) For an action that will happen in the past. C) For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past. D) For an action that was happening during a time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For an action that was happening during a time in the past. 25. ..... you watching news on TV when the earthquake began? A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 26. I ..... my homework when Aris phoned. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Am doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 27. You ..... the sunset last night. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 28. Change this sentence to past progressive:I cleaned my room when my mom came home. A) I cleaning my room when my mom came home. B) I was cleaning my room when my mom came home. C) I was cleaned my room when my mom came home. D) I clean my room when my mom came home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was cleaning my room when my mom came home. 29. Why do we say "She wasn't going to her grandmother's house" instead of "She didn't going" ? A) Because progressive tense uses "didn't + verb-ing". B) Because progressive tense uses "was/were + verb-ing". C) Because "didn't going" is shorter. D) Because past progressive and past simple are the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because progressive tense uses "was/were + verb-ing". 30. The gardener (mow) the lawn. A) Is mowing. B) Mowing. C) Am mowing. D) Is mow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is mowing. 31. Form a past progressive sentence using the verb 'play'. A) I was play. B) I was playing. C) I am playing. D) I played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was playing. 32. My friend and I ..... (sleep) in our tent when the fire ..... (break) out. A) Was sleeping, broke. B) Were sleeping, broke. C) Slept, broke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping, broke. 33. ..... (noun) Things we throw away like trash, rubbish ..... A) Cut down. B) Shells. C) Garbage. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garbage. 34. I wasn't paying attention to class.Is this sentence in Past Tense or Past Progressive Tense? A) Past tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive tense. 35. The sun ..... while we were having dinner. A) Didn't set. B) Didn't setted. C) Setting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't set. 36. Shane really loves to drive very fast on the free way. And he ..... on Main Street when his car broke down. A) Drove. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) Drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 37. Choose the correct helping verb that completes the meaning of the sentence.The girls were ..... singing a song. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 38. Where ..... Jack ..... when I ..... him? A) Did / study / was calling. B) Was studying / was calling. C) Did / study / called. D) Was / studying / called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / studying / called. 39. Yesterday, while I ..... my homework, my friend called me. A) Was playing. B) Was spending. C) Was remembering. D) Was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was remembering. 40. Was or Were?The printer ..... printing out a photograph. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 41. True or False:The past progressive tense can describe an action that was interrupted. A) False. B) The past progressive tense only describes completed actions. C) True. D) The past progressive tense cannot describe ongoing actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 42. ..... they playing badminton last summer? A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 43. Last year, he ..... at a restaurant. A) Is working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 44. Choose the sentence in past progressive tense:A) They sang a song. B) They were singing a song. A) They were singing a song. B) They were sang a song. C) They were sing a song. D) They was singing a song. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were singing a song. 45. Mom ..... the floor at 7 a.m. this morning. A) Sweeps. B) Was sweeping. C) Swept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sweeping. 46. Choose the correct form:'They ..... (play) soccer when it started to rain.' A) Were playing. B) Played. C) Play. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 47. While the little boy ( swing) on the rocking-horse, his mother (come) home. A) Swang, were coming. B) Were swinging, came. C) Swang, was coming. D) Was swinging, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was swinging, came. 48. The students in Block B (sing) to the tune of London Bridge last week. A) Are singing. B) Were singing. C) Was singing. D) Is singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were singing. 49. Which of the following is the correct structure for forming a Yes/No question in the past progressive tense? A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. B) Subject + To be + Verb +-ing + Object +?. C) Subject + Verb +-ing + To be + Object +?. D) To be + Verb +-ing + Subject + Object +?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. 50. ..... Mr. Agus and Mr. Ali operating the computer when you entered the room? A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 51. Complete the past progressive tense.Oyen, the little cute kitten, ..... with the neighbour's dog. (fight) A) Were fought. B) Were fighting. C) Was fighting. D) Was fought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was fighting. 52. My friend ..... a cake when I arrived. A) Baked. B) Bake. C) Was baking. D) Were baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was baking. 53. The children ..... quietly in the corner. A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Are playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 54. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'I was studying when the phone rang.' A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Was ringing. D) I was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 55. ..... you doing your homework when your brother hit you? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 56. Joe (not know) any of the answers on the last test. A) Not know. B) Didn't know. C) Wasn't knowing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't know. 57. I ..... listening to music when I heard the knock. A) Listen. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 58. While she ( watch) TV, her sister (open) the door. A) Were watching, opened. B) Watched, was opening. C) Was watching, opened. D) Watched, were opening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching, opened. 59. Last weekend, my friends and I (spill) the tea about our crushes. A) Were spilling. B) Is spilling. C) Are spilling. D) Was spilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were spilling. 60. We ..... (not listen) to music when the phone rang. A) Didn't listen. B) Are not listening. C) Was not listening. D) Weren't listening. 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