This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Given the sentence: "The students were laughing when the teacher entered the room." What does the use of the past progressive tense suggest about the action? A) The action was completed before the teacher entered. B) The action was happening at the same time the teacher entered. C) The action will happen after the teacher enters. D) The action never happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The action was happening at the same time the teacher entered. 2. Rayan and Hanlin were hiding behind the door. 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. 3. What is the present participle of the verb "work" ? A) Worked. B) Working. C) Works. D) Workable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Working. 4. They ..... when their friends showed up. A) Are swimming. B) Was swimming. C) Were swimming. D) Have been swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were swimming. 5. We ..... on the rocks by the river. A) Were sitting. B) Was sitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sitting. 6. As I ..... school, I ..... on a banana peel. A) Left / slipped. B) Was leaving / slipped. C) Was leaving / was slipping. D) Were leaving / slipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was leaving / slipped. 7. Were you writing the report when the electricity went off? A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 8. Billy ..... ice cream yesterday. A) Ate. B) Eat. C) Was. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 9. What happened while they were chatting? A) The rain stopped. B) The storm started. C) The sun came out. D) They went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The storm started. 10. Was she ..... to the party when you saw her? A) Driving. B) Drove. C) Drives. D) Driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Driving. 11. I (not) ..... the floor this morning. A) Was mopping. B) Were mopping. C) Was not mopping. D) Were not mopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was not mopping. 12. I'm hoping that the medical team will be able to make a cure. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 13. ..... (Mark/win) the golf competition? A) Did Mark win. B) Was Mark winning. C) Win Mark. D) Is Mark win. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did Mark win. 14. Identify the context where past progressive is used:'I was cooking dinner when the lights went out.' A) The context indicates a future plan or intention. B) The context is a completed action before another event. C) The context describes a habitual action. D) The context is an ongoing action interrupted by another event. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The context is an ongoing action interrupted by another event. 15. Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) I walked to the store. B) I was walking to the store. A) I walk to the store. B) B) I was walking to the store. C) I had walked to the store. D) I am walking to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) I was walking to the store. 16. What time expression can be used with past progressive:'last week' or 'at that moment'? A) In the future. B) Next week. C) Yesterday. D) At that moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At that moment. 17. I was preparing dinner while Melanie was working upstairs. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 18. While they ..... soccer, it started to rain. A) Play. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 19. When we arrived, the supper ..... (eat) A) Was eaten. B) Was being eat. C) Was being eaten. D) Were being eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was being eaten. 20. Give an example of a sentence in the past progressive tense. A) I am studying for my exam when the power goes out. B) I will study for my exam when the power goes out. C) I studied for my exam when the power went out. D) I was studying for my exam when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was studying for my exam when the power went out. 21. Yu Hong went to the library, and saw Qing Hui. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past Tense. 22. The students ..... (study) when the teacher entered the class. A) Studied. B) Were studying. C) Was studying. D) Are studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were studying. 23. Identify the error:'He was cooking dinner when the phone ring.' A) He was cook dinner when the phone rang. B) He was cooking dinners when the phone rang. C) He was cooking dinner when the phone rang. D) He was cooking dinner when the phone rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was cooking dinner when the phone rang. 24. You ..... too much time. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were taking. 25. They ..... (not play) very well yesterday. They lost the match. A) Weren't playing. B) Not play. C) Didn't play. D) Wasn't playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't play. 26. The sun ..... when we arrived at the beach. A) Was shining. B) Shines. C) Shined. D) Were shining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was shining. 27. When Mom says, "What were you doing last night, Sarah?", what type of action is she asking about? A) A completed action at one point in the past. B) An ongoing action at a specific time in the past. C) A future plan Sarah made. D) A repeated habit in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ongoing action at a specific time in the past. 28. Question number 4 A) Is eating. B) Are eating. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 29. Convert to past progressive:I cook dinner. A) I was cooking dinner. B) I will cook dinner. C) I am cooking dinner. D) I cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was cooking dinner. 30. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'While I was walking, I saw a rainbow.' A) Saw a rainbow. B) Was seeing. C) Was walking. D) Was walk. 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