This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense With Pictures – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense With Pictures Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The birds ..... in the sky. (fly) A) Were flying. B) Was flying. C) Fly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were flying. 2. I was sleepy when I (listen) ..... jazz music this morning. A) Listened. B) Listen. C) Was listening. D) Was listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening. 3. The students ..... their assignments. (complete) A) Were completing. B) Was completing. C) Completed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were completing. 4. I was watching TV when you (call) ..... A) Calls. B) Called. C) Were calling. D) Call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 5. I (water) ..... the flowers at 9 a.m yesterday morning. A) Was watered. B) Watered. C) Water. D) Was watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watering. 6. The gardener ..... the lawn. (water) A) Was watering. B) Is watering. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watering. 7. The girl ..... to rock music. (listen) A) Was listening. B) Were listening. C) Listen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 8. They were eating lunch when they (hear) ..... a scream. A) Was hearing. B) Heard. C) Hear. D) Hears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heard. 9. The kid ..... television all evening. (watch) A) Was watching. B) Is watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 10. It ..... darker with each passing moment. (get) A) Was getting. B) Is getting. C) Get. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was getting. 11. The word "PROGRESSIVE" or "CONTINUOUS" refers to ..... A) To be. B) Have. C) -ed. D) -ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -ing. 12. I ..... studying last week, but now I am. A) Wasn't. B) Will be. C) Weren't. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 13. ..... he ..... his bicycle yesterday? A) Was | riding. B) Is | ride. C) Were | riding. D) Was | rides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was | riding. 14. Sally (have) ..... a sound sleep when her parents were cleaning the house. A) Had. B) Have. C) Was having. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 15. We use PAST PROGRESSIVE to talk about ..... A) Progressive actions in the past. B) Progressive actions in the present. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Progressive actions in the past. 16. I ..... a book yesterday. A) Reading. B) Am reading. C) Will read. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 17. We (watch) ..... TV when the phone rang. A) Watching. B) Watched. C) Were watching. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were watching. 18. I ..... the book you gave me on my birthday. (read) A) Was reading. B) Were reading. C) Read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 19. The naughty boy ..... in the class. (talk) A) Was talking. B) Is talking. C) Talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 20. The children ..... hide and seek in the park. (play) A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 21. My brother was waiting a bus when his friend (pass) ..... in front of him. A) Passes. B) Pass. C) Passed. D) Was passing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passed. 22. They ..... to the movies last night. (go) A) Were going. B) Was going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were going. 23. We ..... when the teacher started the class. A) Weren't speaking. B) Was not speaking. C) Were spoke. D) Wasn't speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't speaking. 24. When it was raining, I (see) ..... a huge lightning bolt. A) See. B) Seen. C) Was seeing. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 25. Winnie ..... her new dress. (stitch) A) Was stitching. B) Were stitching. C) Stitch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was stitching. 26. She ..... videogame when George arrived. A) Was playing. B) Was play. C) Was plaing. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 27. My sister ..... a bike. A) Was riding. B) Were riding. C) Ride. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was riding. 28. ..... you ..... last night? A) Was | dancing. B) Was | dance. C) Were | dancing. D) Were | dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were | dancing. 29. ..... they ..... a cake when their mother arrived? A) Are | baking. B) Do | baking. C) Was | baking. D) Were | baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were | baking. 30. Were they arguing when you (arrive) ..... ? A) Arrive. B) Arrived. C) Were arriving. D) Arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived. Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesForm And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous QuizPast Perfect Tense Verb Form Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books