This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which verb indicates possession and is not used in the progressive form? A) Think. B) Feel. C) Have. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 2. Why do we say "She was studying" instead of "She studied" in the past progressive tense? A) To show a repeated past habit. B) To show an action in progress at a specific time in the past. C) To show an action that was complete in the past. D) To show a permanent fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show an action in progress at a specific time in the past. 3. ..... you walking to school when a dog bit you? A) Were. B) Did. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 4. Patty and Carla ..... through the house while Kevin and Julie were making a cake. A) Didn't run. B) Didn't ran. C) Running. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't run. 5. Question number 7 A) Were writing. B) Was writing. C) Has wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were writing. 6. Leandra was playing with her dolls with Ler Hui. 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. 7. Meg ..... (walk) to school when her mother called. A) Was walking. B) Had been walking. C) Were walking. D) Had walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 8. Create a past progressive sentence with 'run'. A) I was run yesterday. B) I was running yesterday. C) I will be running tomorrow. D) I am running last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was running yesterday. 9. Some pupils left the room as we (do) our tests. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing. 10. The sun ..... while we were waiting for my uncle. A) Didn't rise. B) Didn't rose. C) Rising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't rise. 11. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive correctly? A) I am walking to school. B) I was walking to school. C) I walk to school. A) B) I was walking to school. B) I walking to school. C) I am walked to school. D) I was walk to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) I was walking to school. 12. Dia (perempuan) sedang duduk di taman kemarin sore, translate by this sentence is ..... A) She was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. B) He was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. C) He were sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. D) She were sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. 13. What were you doing at 8 PM last night? A) I was having dinner. B) I was going for a walk. C) I was watching a movie. D) I was reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was having dinner. 14. Harry didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Were raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 15. Identify the error:'I was seen a movie last night.' What should it be? A) I saw a movie last night. B) I was watching a movie last night. C) I seen a movie last night. D) I have seen a movie last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I saw a movie last night. 16. ..... you see Anna? A) Was. B) Did. C) Does. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 17. While the teacher ..... the lesson, the students were taking notes. A) Is explaining. B) Was explaining. C) Explained. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was explaining. 18. I am running to the plenary hall. 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. 19. Choose the best NEGATIVE short answer for this yes /no question .Were Ericka and I talking on the phone? A) No, we weren't. B) No, we wasn't. C) No, we wasn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, we weren't. 20. Select the one with an example of the past progressive tense: A) The judge wasn't smiling when he said he remembered you from school. B) The judge smiled and said: "I remember you.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The judge wasn't smiling when he said he remembered you from school. 21. My dad ..... (go) on a business trip when I ..... (spend) his money. A) Was going, was spending. B) Was going, spent. C) Went, spent. D) Is going, am spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going, spent. 22. What comes before a verb in the past progressive form? A) Will be. B) Was. C) -was if the subject is singular-were if the subject is plural. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -was if the subject is singular-were if the subject is plural. 23. Which situation BEST requires the use of past progressive? A) Describing a fact that never changes. B) Talking about daily habits. C) Describing two actions happening at the same time in the past. D) Talking about something that will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describing two actions happening at the same time in the past. 24. What were your parents doing when you arrived home? A) My parents were watching TV. B) My parents were gardening outside. C) My parents were preparing dinner. D) My parents were cleaning the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My parents were preparing dinner. 25. Imagine you want to ask about an action at a specific time in the past. Which question is correct? A) What were you doing at 7 p.m.?. B) What did you doing at 7 p.m.?. C) What are you doing at 7 p.m.?. D) What was you do at 7 p.m.?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What were you doing at 7 p.m.?. 26. We often use the ..... tense and the ..... tense in the same sentence. We do this when we want to talk about a shorter activity that happened during a longer activity in the past. A) Present Perfect; Past Progressive. B) Present Perfect; Simple Past. C) Past Continuous:Past Progressive. D) Past Progressive; Simple Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Progressive; Simple Past. 27. Listen! The bell ..... A) Is ringing. B) Were ringing. C) Was ringing. D) Are ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is ringing. 28. She ..... baking a cake. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 29. David ..... all evening yesterday. A) Had exercised. B) Exercised. C) Was exercising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was exercising. 30. David ..... on his shoes when the school bus arrived. A) Is putting. B) Were putting. C) Puts. D) Was putting. 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