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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When John ..... , Betty ..... A) Was cooking, was waking up. B) Cooked, was waking up. C) Cooked, woke up. D) Was cooking, woke up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cooking, woke up. 2. We ..... dinner between seven and eight last night. A) Is having. B) Were having. C) Was having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 3. He ..... to the store when it started to rain. A) Was coming. B) Was changing. C) Was trying. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going. 4. Which shows the verb conjugation of past progressive tense? A) Are + present participle. B) Will be + present participle. C) Was + present participle. D) Is + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was + present participle. 5. 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. 6. When I got to the party, everyone ..... and dancing. A) Sings. B) Was sing. C) Were sing. D) Was singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was singing. 7. What is the past progressive form of 'we watch TV'? A) We watch TVed. B) We were watching TV. C) We are watching TV. D) We watched TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We were watching TV. 8. What does the past progressive tense help to establish? A) The future events. B) The main action. C) The conclusion. D) The background of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The background of the story. 9. I ..... when Henry ..... to visit this afternoon A) Was sleeping, came. B) Was sleeping, was coming. C) Slept, was coming. D) Slept, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping, came. 10. I ..... dinner when she arrived. A) Was making. B) Made. C) Make. D) Am making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was making. 11. Which tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific point in the past? A) Future Perfect. B) Simple Past. C) Past Progressive. D) Present Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Progressive. 12. Did he ..... a new car last week? A) Buys. B) Bought. C) Buy. D) Buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buy. 13. ..... 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. 14. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were watching a movie.' A) Were movie watching. B) Were watching a movie. C) Were watching. D) Watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 15. 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. 16. Which example illustrates the use of the past progressive? A) I visited the villages on my bike. B) I spent my holiday in Wales. C) I got up early every morning. D) I was cycling while it was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was cycling while it was raining. 17. You ..... when I asked a question. A) Was not talking. B) Did not talk. C) Were not talking. D) Not talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were not talking. 18. 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. 19. How many different uses of past progressive tense that have been presented by the presenters? A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 20. ..... (verb) To make a tree fall down. A) Shells. B) Cut down. C) Collect. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut down. 21. 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. 22. They ..... walking on the street yesterday. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 23. 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. 24. ..... they playing with water at 2:30 p.m yesterday?No, they ..... A) Was/ wasn't. B) Were/ were. C) Were/ weren't. D) Were/ was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were/ weren't. 25. What is the correct past progressive form of "run" for the subject "they" ? A) They are running. B) They were running. C) They will run. D) They run. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were running. 26. I ..... (read) a book when suddenly I ..... (hear) a noise. A) Was reading / was hearing. B) Was reading / heard. C) Read / was hearing. D) Read / heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / heard. 27. Yesterday, I ..... at a car. A) Look. B) Looks. C) Looked. D) Am looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looked. 28. 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. 29. The bridge ..... (repair) yesterday so the traffic was delayed. A) Were being repairing. B) Was being repaired. C) Was repaired. D) Was repairing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was being repaired. 30. 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. 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