This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that uses the past progressive tense to show two simultaneous actions. A) He listened to music while he did his homework. B) He was listening to music while he was doing his homework. C) He will listen to music while he does his homework. D) He listens to music while he does his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was listening to music while he was doing his homework. 2. The kids ..... when I entered their bedroom. A) Wasn't sleeping. B) Didn't slept. C) Weren't sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't sleeping. 3. Jonathan (read) ..... a book when I came. A) Was reading. B) Reads. C) Were reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 4. My mother ..... (bake) cookies yesterday. A) Was baking. B) Was bakeing. C) Were baking. D) Were bakeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was baking. 5. While I ..... , I heard a noise suddenly. A) Reads the newspaper. B) Read the newspaper. C) Have read the newspaper. D) Was reading the newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading the newspaper. 6. They ..... football at 5 p.m. yesterday. A) Playing. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 7. The seals were eating fish ..... a shark suddenly appeared. A) When. B) While. C) On Thursday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 8. What tense is this phrase:I drove to work yesterday. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Present Perfect Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past Tense. 9. Form a past progressive sentence using the verb 'cook'. A) I was bake. B) I am cooking. C) I cooked. D) I was cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was cooking. 10. My teacher was ..... Social Studies last week. A) Speaking. B) Listening. C) Teaching. D) Giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching. 11. While John ..... , Betty ..... A) Was cooking, woke up. B) Cooked, woke up. C) Cooked, was waking up. D) Was cooking, was waking up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking, woke up. 12. What is the function of the simple past tense? A) To describe future actions. B) To describe ongoing actions. C) To describe completed actions. D) To describe actions that take place simultaneously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe completed actions. 13. Identify the past simple in the sentence:'They were watching a movie.' A) Were. B) They. C) Watching. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 14. Today I am working. Yesterday, I ..... A) Will work. B) Work. C) Worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 15. He ..... in his room now. A) Were reading. B) Is reading. C) Am reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reading. 16. Miguel ..... (speak) with Lucia when I saw her. A) Were speaking. B) Are speaking. C) Was speaking. D) Is speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was speaking. 17. Question number 2 A) Is studying. B) Has studying. C) Were studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying. 18. Which subordinating conjunction can be used to show that an action was interrupted? A) When. B) And. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 19. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/listen) to the teacher while he was talking.' A) Did not listen. B) Are not listening. C) Were not listening. D) Was not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were not listening. 20. What ..... yestarday at p.m.? A) Was you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Did you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 21. I was reading a book when the lights ..... out. A) Was gone. B) Going. C) Was going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 22. Which verb correctly completes the sentence below? We ..... the holy rosary all morning. A) Are prayed. B) Were praying. C) Prays. D) Was praying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were praying. 23. What tense is this phrase:I went to New York last year. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Simple Past Tense. C) Past Progressive Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Past Tense. 24. Last night, my computer ..... to make funny sounds. A) Started. B) Is starting. C) Start. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 25. When Mrs. Smith ..... (open) the door, her children ..... (do) their homework and her husband ..... (read) the newspaper. A) Was opening, did, read. B) Was opening, were doing, was reading. C) Opened, did, read. D) Opened, were doing, was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opened, were doing, was reading. 26. They ..... (drink) cocktails while Mrs Brown ..... (eat) supper. A) Was drinking, was eating. B) Were drinking, was eating. C) Drank, ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were drinking, was eating. 27. Last night, the baby ants ..... (cry). A) Was cring. B) Was crying. C) Were cring. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were crying. 28. What should you do if a verb has one syllable and ends with C-V-C to form the past progressive tense? A) Add-ing directly. B) Remove the last letter and add-ing. C) Double the last letter and add-ing. D) Change the last letter to-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double the last letter and add-ing. 29. They ..... singing while we were dancing in the street. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 30. Michael was flying a kite ..... the teacher was teaching class. A) While. B) When. C) Last Thursday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 31. My sister ..... scampering in the park yesterday afternoon. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 32. Mum ..... (prepare) dinner while I ..... (do) the vacuum cleaning. A) Was preparing, was doing. B) Prepared, did. C) Was preparing, did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing, was doing. 33. A bird ..... Harry's hat when he was helping his grandmother. A) Didn't steal. B) Didn't stole. C) Stealing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't steal. 34. My sister (go) to school. A) Is going. B) Gone. C) Wentwent. D) Are going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is going. 35. 8-Tom ..... sleeping at the moment. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 36. You are amazing, you know that? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 37. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were walking to school.' A) Were playing. B) Were walking. C) Were running. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking. 38. We were putting away our clothes ..... she was digging a trench. A) While. B) When. C) At 10am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 39. Choose the correct answer.When I ..... school at 7 o'clock, the sun ..... A) Started, rose. B) Was starting, rose. C) Started, was rising. D) Was starting, was rising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Started, was rising. 40. What is the correct past progressive tense form of the verb "eat" for the subject "he" ? A) He is eating. B) He had been eating. C) He was eating. D) He ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was eating. 41. The girls ..... to music when I turned off the radio. A) Weren't listening. B) Aren't listening. C) Listen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't listening. 42. He is talking care of the patients in the hospital. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 43. What is the auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense? A) Is. B) The auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense is 'was' or 'were'. C) Has. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The auxiliary verb used in forming the past progressive tense is 'was' or 'were'. 44. We (not/ tend) ..... the garden at 5 p.m yesterday. A) Weren't tend. B) Wasn't tended. C) Weren't tending. D) Wasn't tending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't tending. 45. Which sentence demonstrates past progressive tense? A) He wrote a letter. B) He was writing a letter. A) He was writing a letter. B) He was writing a letter. C) He is writing a letter. D) He will write a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was writing a letter. 46. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were walking to the park when it started to rain.' A) Were run. B) Were going. C) Were walking. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking. 47. What is the past progressive form of 'to be'? A) Was being. B) Were being. C) Is being. D) Are being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was being. 48. The students weren't having a snack when the teacher ..... them. A) Calls. B) Is calling. C) Called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 49. Fill in the blank with the past progressive:'At 8 PM, I ..... (watch) TV.' A) Was watching. B) Am watching. C) Watched. D) Was watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 50. ..... they studying when you arrived? A) Did. B) Were. C) Do. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 51. We ..... soccer yesterday at 5. A) Were starting. B) Were buying. C) Were remembering. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 52. They weren't singing ..... we were dancing in the street. A) While. B) When. C) On Saturday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 53. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine) ..... A cool breeze (blow) ..... The birds (sing) ..... A) Was shining, blowing, singing. B) Was shining, was blowing, were singing. C) Shining, blow, singing. D) Was shining, was blowing, singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was shining, was blowing, were singing. 54. Mary was playing the piano, while Michel ..... a book. A) Were reading. B) Was reading. C) Reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 55. He was listening to music while doing his homework. A) He was taking a break. B) He was focused on his studies. C) He was watching a movie. D) He was multitasking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was multitasking. 56. It is used for a completed action in the past and now is finished A) Past Perfect. B) Past Continous. C) Past Perfect Continuous. D) Past Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past Simple. 57. He ..... while the teacher was explaining the new rule. A) Sleeps. B) Slept. C) Was sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 58. While the girls (study), the bell (ring) A) Studied, were ringing. B) Studied, was ringing. C) Were studying, rang. D) Was studying, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying, rang. 59. The dog ..... its paws when John fell down. A) Was licking. B) Am licking. C) Were licking. D) Is licking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was licking. 60. I was doing my homework ..... my brother hit me. A) When. B) While. C) On Monday. D) None of the above. 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