This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many different uses of past progressive tense have been presented by the presenters? A) 1. B) 5. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 2. While I was waiting for the bus it suddenly ..... to rain. A) Begin. B) Beginned. C) Began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Began. 3. Margeret and Betty ..... dinner last night when I arrived home. A) Are cooking. B) Was cooking. C) Were cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were cooking. 4. What is the correct structure for forming the Past Progressive Tense? A) Have/has + past participle. B) Will + base form of the verb. C) Was/were +-ing form of the verb. D) Had + base form of the verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was/were +-ing form of the verb. 5. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'She was reading a book when I called.' A) Was calling. B) She was reading. C) Was reading. D) Reading a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 6. We ..... our books when he came home. A) Is reading. B) Are reading. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were reading. 7. Recognize the past progressive in this sentence:'While he was studying, his friends were playing outside.' A) Was studying, were playing. B) Was studying, is playing. C) Were studying, was playing. D) Was playing, were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying, were playing. 8. While John (sleep) ..... last night, someone stole his car. A) Slept. B) Were sleeping. C) Was sleeping. D) Is sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 9. Patrick ..... (copy) his homework when the teacher ..... (come) into the classroom. A) Copied, came. B) Was copying, came. C) Was copying, was coming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was copying, came. 10. The children are attending a summer church camp. 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. 11. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'I was studying for my exams all night.' A) Was studying. B) I was studying all night. C) Was studying for. D) Studied for my exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 12. My father (prepare) pizza. A) Is preparing. B) Prepares. C) Are preparing. D) Prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is preparing. 13. Everyone was having fun. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive tense. 14. Read the following sentence and answer: "While I was painting, my friend called me." What does the past progressive tense show in this sentence? A) The action was completed before the call. B) The action was happening when the call occurred. C) The action will happen after the call. D) The action never happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The action was happening when the call occurred. 15. Isaac ..... lying in the shade when an apple fell on his head. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 16. Naurah was writing a letter for Zayden. 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. 17. Valen ..... (not, wash) the dishes while her mom ..... (prepare) for lunch. A) Was not washing, was preparing. B) Was not wash, preparing. C) Was not washing, prepared. D) Was not washing, preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not washing, was preparing. 18. They ..... running on the playground on Thursday. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 19. When she ..... (wake) up, her mom ..... (smile) to her ..... A) Woke, was smiling. B) Was waking, smiled. C) Woke, were smiling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woke, was smiling. 20. The phone rang while I ..... a shower. A) Was taking. B) Took. C) Take. D) Am taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 21. While the children ..... (play), their parents talked on the porch. A) Plays. B) Were playing. C) Was playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 22. You guys were straightening up your room. A) Uds. estaban arreglando su cuarto. B) Ellos estaban arreglando su cuarto. C) Uds. estaban arreglando tu cuarto. D) Uds. estaban arreglando sus cuarto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uds. estaban arreglando su cuarto. 23. Explain the structure of a sentence in the past progressive tense. A) Subject + is + verb-ing. B) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. C) Subject + will + verb-ing. D) Subject + has + verb-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + was/were + verb-ing. 24. Identify the past progressive:'I was sleeping when the alarm went off.' A) Was awake. B) Was dreaming. C) Was sleeping. D) Was alarmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping. 25. They ..... (write) when the teacher walked in. A) Was writing. B) Was writeing. C) Were writing. D) Were writeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were writing. 26. She was studying when the phone rang. True or False? A) She was studying for a test when the phone rang. B) True. C) False. D) She was sleeping when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 27. I ..... to school last semester. A) Was biking. B) Were biking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was biking. 28. Some of the contestants in the contest (feel) nervous now. A) Is feeling. B) Was feeling. C) Are feeling. D) Were feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are feeling. 29. I ..... so much time studying when I was a child. A) Didn't spent. B) Didn't spend. C) Was spending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't spend. 30. Complete the past progressive questions.I had an accident on my way to the shopping mall.What ..... ? (you, do) A) Are you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Was you doing. D) Is you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you 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