This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... putting away our clothes while she was digging a trench. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 2. It ..... colder that evening. A) Was becoming. B) Were becoming. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was becoming. 3. Was or Were?We ..... dancing. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 4. They ..... at the same hotel that year. A) Was staying. B) Were staying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were staying. 5. What were Mia and Luke collecting at the beach? A) They was collecting garbage. B) They were collecting garbage. C) She was collecting garbage. D) He were collecting shells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were collecting garbage. 6. 10-I ..... cleaning my house right now. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am. 7. Choose the sentence that is not written in the simple past tense. A) The boy sang his favorite song. B) I was watching the new movie on T.V. C) My dog ran away from home. D) You ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching the new movie on T.V. 8. I ..... doing my homework on the weekend. A) Were. B) Was. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 9. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'At 8 PM last night, I was reading a book.' A) Background events. B) Ongoing and repeated events. C) The past continuous and definite time. D) Events happening at a particular time in the past. E) Reasons and contexts for events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Events happening at a particular time in the past. 10. Amy ..... while the other girls ..... A) Is dancing are dancing. B) Was dancing was singing. C) Was dancing were singing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was dancing were singing. 11. If a verb ends with-y, what should you do to form the past progressive tense? A) Change-y to-i and add-ing. B) Remove-y and add-ing. C) Add-ing directly. D) Double the last letter and add-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Add-ing directly. 12. Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) I ate breakfast. B) I was eating breakfast. A) I was breakfasting. B) I am eating breakfast. C) I will eat breakfast. D) I was eating breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was eating breakfast. 13. Convert 'She sings beautifully' into past progressive. A) She was sing beautifully. B) She is singing beautifully. C) She sang beautifully. D) She was singing beautifully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was singing beautifully. 14. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSESara was ..... (run) because she was late for her classes. A) Ran. B) Run. C) Runs. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Running. 15. She ..... reading a book a few minutes ago. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 16. We ..... a game when the class ..... A) Are playing / finished. B) Were playing / finished. C) Played / was finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing / finished. 17. We ..... TV at nine last night. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 18. At lunchtime yesterday, you saw Natalia eating ice cream. Which is the correct positive sentence? A) She eating ice cream. B) She was eating ice cream. C) She were eating ice cream. D) She eat ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was eating ice cream. 19. We (drive) home from school when the accident happened. A) Were driving. B) Was driving. C) Drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were driving. 20. Lucas (collect) ..... coins last month. A) Was collect. B) Was collecting. C) Were collect. D) Were collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was collecting. 21. What ..... you ..... when I called you last night? A) Are / doing. B) Were / doing. C) Was / do. D) Did / do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. 22. I was sleeping when you came home last night. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 23. While she was crying, he held her hand. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. 24. Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) I ran in the park. B) I was running in the park. A) I was running in the park. B) I am running in the park. C) I will run in the park. D) I was running in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was running in the park. 25. What is the structure of an affirmative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ED + OBJECT. B) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. C) SUBJECT + TO HAVE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. D) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-S + OBJECT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SUBJECT + TO BE + VERB +-ING + OBJECT. 26. They were traveling to Paris when they lost their luggage. Formulate this sentence. A) While traveling to Paris, they lost their luggage. B) They were in Paris when they lost their luggage. C) They lost their luggage while traveling to London. D) While they were traveling, their luggage was lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While traveling to Paris, they lost their luggage. 27. In the sentence "She was making a noise in the kitchen, " which part shows the continuous aspect? A) She. B) Was. C) Making. D) Kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making. 28. Ben ..... us while we ..... football in the yard. A) Seed / were playing. B) Saw / was playing. C) Was seeing / were playing. D) Saw / were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw / were playing. 29. How do you form the past progressive tense? A) Was/were + verb + past. B) Is/are + verb + ing. C) Has/have + verb + ing. D) Was/were + verb + ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was/were + verb + ing. 30. I ..... to school yesterday A) Walk. B) Walking. C) Walks. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. ← 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books