This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The caterers are serving lunch. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive tense. 2. We ..... playing ball when I saw Tom. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 3. Tom's cat ..... to purr while he was petting it. A) Started. B) Start. C) Starting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 4. Arthur and Merlin ..... for the sword Excalibur a long time ago. A) Were looking. B) Was looking. C) Are looking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were looking. 5. They ..... their minds about which movie to watch. A) Were swimming. B) Were starting. C) Were changing. D) Were trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were changing. 6. The baby ..... when the mother arrived home. A) Cries. B) Is crying. C) Was crying. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was crying. 7. What ..... you ..... at 9 p.m. yesterday? A) Are / doing. B) Were / doing. C) Was / doing. D) Did / do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. 8. They ..... playing soccer all afternoon. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 9. While we ..... in the park, Mary fell over. A) Ran. B) Were running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were running. 10. The kids ..... (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. A) Played. B) Were playing. C) Playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 11. Why is the past progressive tense used in the sentence "People were drinking hot chocolate" ? A) To describe a completed action in the past. B) To describe an action in progress in the past. C) To describe a future plan. D) To describe a habitual action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe an action in progress in the past. 12. What is the correct way to form the past progressive tense for a plural subject? A) Was +-ed form of the verb. B) Were +-ing form of the verb. C) Is +-ing form of the verb. D) Are +-ed form of the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were +-ing form of the verb. 13. Choose the correct past progressive sentence for the following situation: "Tom started his homework at 6 PM. At 7 PM, he was still doing it." A) Tom was doing his homework at 7 PM. B) Tom did his homework at 7 PM. C) Tom does his homework at 7 PM. D) Tom will do his homework at 7 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom was doing his homework at 7 PM. 14. What ..... Adam and Helen ..... when you broke the glass? A) Are / doing. B) Was / doing. C) Were / doing. D) Did / did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 15. What is the auxiliary verb used in the past progressive tense? A) Is. B) Are. C) Was/were. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were. 16. I ..... (study) history when my friends ..... (come) around. A) Studied / came. B) Was studying / came. C) Was coming / came. D) Studied / were coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying / came. 17. ..... Mia surfing the internet at 7 p.m yesterday? Yes, she ..... A) Was/ was. B) Was/ wasn't. C) Were/ were. D) Were/ wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/ was. 18. Today she fixes the chair. Yesterday, she ..... the table. A) Will fix. B) Fixed. C) Fix. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed. 19. The teacher ..... her while she ..... during the test. A) Caught / was cheating. B) Caught / cheated. C) Was catching / was cheating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught / was cheating. 20. Choose the correct past progressive sentence using "to write" and "I" . A) I was writing a letter. B) I am writing a letter. C) I write a letter. D) I will write a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was writing a letter. 21. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... was studying in the living room? A) Who. B) Why. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 22. What ..... you ..... at 9 p.m. last night? A) Was / do. B) Were / doing. C) Were / did. D) Are / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. 23. Ailee's parents ..... (clean) the house while she ..... (have) a deep sleep. A) Were cleaned, was having. B) Were cleaning, had. C) Were cleaning, was having. D) Were cleaning, having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were cleaning, was having. 24. He ..... a lot of great music while he was working at the concert hall. A) Heard. B) Didn't heard. C) Hearing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 25. Patty and Carla ran through the house ..... Kevin and Julie were making a cake. A) While. B) When. C) On Friday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 26. Correct the error:'He were eating dinner at 6 PM.' A) He were having dinner at 6 PM. B) He was eat dinner at 6 PM. C) He was eating dinner at 6 PM. D) He is eating dinner at 6 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was eating dinner at 6 PM. 27. My parents ..... watching a movie when I got home. A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 28. The baby ..... at ten p.m. last night. A) Cry. B) Cries. C) Was crying. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was crying. 29. Convert 'He studies for his exams' into past progressive. A) He is studying for his exams. B) He was studying for his exams. C) He studied for his exams. D) He studies for his exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was studying for his exams. 30. I ..... homework at 10 p.m. yesterday. A) Was do. B) Was doing. C) Was done. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. ← 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