This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What tense is this phrase:He has written a novel. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Perfect Tense. 2. Provide an example of a sentence in the negative form of the past progressive tense. A) I have not been running yesterday. B) I was not running yesterday. C) I am not running yesterday. D) I will not be running yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was not running yesterday. 3. (Make it negative )John called A) John not call. B) John didn't call. C) John din't call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John didn't call. 4. What were they doing when the storm hit? A) They were caught in the storm. B) They were having a barbecue. C) They were watching a movie. D) They were playing outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were caught in the storm. 5. Was or Were?The dog ..... barking. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 6. Was or Were?The students ..... writing a test. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. What is the time tense of the next sentence?"I was listening" A) Negative form. B) Question form. C) Affirmative form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affirmative form. 8. He was studying for his exam all night long. A) He was reviewing his notes all night long. B) He studied for his exam during the day. C) He studied all night for his exam. D) He was preparing for his exam all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He studied all night for his exam. 9. We were doing our homework, when our mother ..... A) Was coming. B) Came. C) Has come. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 10. My sister ..... me something on the phone, when I suddenly ..... that I needed to go to work. A) Were telling / remembered. B) Told / remembered. C) Was telling / remembered. D) Was telling / was remembering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was telling / remembered. 11. Which sentence best explains why the past progressive is used in this context: "They were laughing when the teacher entered the room." A) To show a future action. B) To show a repeated action in the past. C) To show an action that was happening when another action occurred. D) To show a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show an action that was happening when another action occurred. 12. Tony was standing at the bus stop ..... A) At 7pm. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At 7pm. 13. Was I talking to you? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 14. What does the simple past tense express? A) Background actions in the past. B) Completed, sequential actions in the past. C) Simultaneous actions in the past. D) Ongoing actions in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Completed, sequential actions in the past. 15. How do we make MOST verbs into the PAST TENSE form? A) Add-es. B) Add-ed. C) Add-s. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add-ed. 16. He ..... (drive) to work when he saw the accident. A) Drove. B) Was driving. C) Were driving. D) Drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 17. What ..... you doing at 7 p.m. last night? A) Were. B) Did. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. What ..... you doing last Saturday? A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 19. Transform 'We go to the park' into past progressive. A) We are going to the park. B) We had gone to the park. C) We were going to the park. D) We go to the parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were going to the park. 20. If your teacher asked, "At 9 a.m. yesterday, what were you doing?", which of these is the BEST past progressive response? A) I did take the school bus. B) I take the school bus. C) I am taking the school bus. D) I was taking the school bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was taking the school bus. 21. The number of cases of asthma ..... these days, perhaps partly because more people own cats. A) Was increasing. B) Is increasing. C) Were increased. D) Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is increasing. 22. Which of the following best describes the Past Progressive Tense? A) It tells about an action that happens regularly these days. B) It tells about an action that will happen in the future. C) It tells about an action that is still happening at the moment. D) It tells about an action that was happening at a specific time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It tells about an action that was happening at a specific time in the past. 23. All the kids in the class are going on the field trip. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 24. Sylvia ..... when she ..... the DVDs. A) Was running / dropped. B) Was running / was dropping. C) Ran / dropped. D) Ran / was dropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running / dropped. 25. Which of the following is a signal word for the simple past? A) Suddenly. B) While. C) During. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suddenly. 26. Which route are you taking to the conference this week? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 27. He ..... eating an ice cream. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 28. ..... he hear a lot of music while he was working at the concert hall? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 29. Which of the following is the correct structure for a negative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) Subject + Verb +-ing + Not + Object. B) Subject + Not + To Be + Verb +-ing + Object. C) Subject + To Be + Verb +-ing + Object. D) Subject + To Be + Not + Verb +-ing + Object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + To Be + Not + Verb +-ing + Object. 30. Complete the past progressive tense.Didi and friends ..... a good time. (have) A) Have had. B) Were having. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 31. Fill in the blank:'He ..... (to study) when I called him.' A) Was study. B) Studied. C) Is studying. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying. 32. I was snoring last night, wasn't I? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 33. Which of the following sentences uses past progressive? A) I eat breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast. C) I will eat breakfast. A) B) I was eating breakfast. B) I was eat breakfast. C) I have eaten breakfast. D) I am eating breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) I was eating breakfast. 34. Eshan was drawing a picture of Daiyan. 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. 35. He ..... there when we found him. A) Are sitting. B) Were sitting. C) Is sitting. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sitting. 36. The boys ..... at the playground last Sunday. A) Is playing. B) Are playing. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 37. Create a sentence in past progressive about your favorite hobby. A) I will paint a landscape tomorrow. B) I painted a landscape last week. C) I am painting a landscape now. D) I was painting a landscape when my friend called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was painting a landscape when my friend called. 38. They ..... to live in a different house. A) Are using. B) Uses. C) Used. D) Use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used. 39. Everyone ..... when the prayer started. A) Was pausing. B) Were pausing. C) Paused. D) Pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paused. 40. The dogs ..... barking loudly while the mailman was walking by. A) Were. B) Bark. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 41. (she / go) ..... out to dinner when you saw her? A) Did she went. B) Was she going. C) Were she going. D) Did she gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was she going. 42. Tina ..... when she fell and hurt her leg. A) Were dancing. B) Was dancing. C) Danced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was dancing. 43. She was painting her room when I visited her. True or False? A) She was decorating her garden when I visited her. B) True. C) She was cooking dinner when I visited her. D) She was watching TV when I visited her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 44. Which of the following is in the past progressive tense? A) She was eating breakfast. B) She will eat breakfast. C) She has eaten breakfast. D) She eats breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was eating breakfast. 45. Formulate a sentence in past progressive using 'they' and 'talk'. A) They will talk. B) They are talking. C) They talked. D) They were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were talking. 46. He ..... a model airlpane. A) Was making. B) Were making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 47. Susie was tidying up her room while her brother was doing his homework.Which one is the long action? A) Her brother was doing his homework. B) Susie was tidying up her room. C) The two sentences are long. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two sentences are long. 48. Isaac was lying in the shade ..... an apple fell on his head. A) When. B) While. C) Last week. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 49. Correct the error:'They was watching a movie.' A) They were watching a movie. B) They are watching a film. C) They is watching a movie. D) They were watch a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were watching a movie. 50. Spot the past progressive in this sentence:'The dog was barking all night.' A) Was barking loudly. B) Was howling softly. C) Barked all night. D) Was barking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was barking. 51. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'He was studying for the exam.' A) Was studying for. B) Was studying. C) Exam was studying. D) Studying was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 52. What tenses do you use when you want to talk about an action that happens in progress in the past and it was interrupted by another action: A) Past simple and Past Perfect. B) Past Simple and Past Perfect Progressive. C) Past Simple and Past Continuous. D) Past Perfect and Past TO BE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Simple and Past Continuous. 53. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Formulate this sentence. A) We finished watching a movie just before the power went out. B) We were in the middle of watching a movie when the power went out. C) We were watching a movie when the lights turned off. D) The power went out while we were watching a film. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were in the middle of watching a movie when the power went out. 54. Choose the best affirmative short answer for this yes /no question .Was I cleaning the house in the morning? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, you were. C) Yes, I were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, you were. 55. He wasn't reading a book ..... she was cooking dinner. A) While. B) When. C) On Sunday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 56. Choose the correct past progressive form:'He ..... (sleep) on his desk when the teacher explained it.' A) Is sleeping. B) Slept. C) Was sleeping. D) Are sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 57. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive correctly? A) I had a good time. B) I was having a good time. C) I will have a good time. D) I have a good time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was having a good time. 58. He ..... reading a book while she was cooking dinner. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 59. What were your friends doing while you were working? A) They were working on a project. B) They were studying for exams. C) They were hanging out and having fun. D) They were sleeping at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were hanging out and having fun. 60. Use past progressive in context:Describe what you were doing at 8 PM last night. A) I was cooking dinner and cleaning the house. B) I was watching a movie and texting a friend. C) I was sleeping at 8 PM last night. D) I was playing video games with my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching a movie and texting a friend. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books