This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... their homework when we got home. They ..... computer games! A) Didn't do / were playing. B) Weren't doing / played. C) Weren't doing / were playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't doing / were playing. 2. Complete the past progressive sentence in the negative form.Carlos and Ben ..... ( not stop) the car. A) Were not stopping. B) Was not stopping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not stopping. 3. As I ..... , the children were laughing at my jokes A) Speak. B) Spoke. C) Spoken. D) Speaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spoke. 4. The children ..... their bikes when the accident happened. A) Was riding. B) Were riding. C) Are riding. D) Is riding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were riding. 5. She was cutting my hair ..... A) In the morning. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the morning. 6. The seals ..... eating fish when a shark suddenly appeared. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 7. Question number 3 A) Is cleaning. B) Was cleaning. C) Was been cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning. 8. Another name for past progressive is ..... A) Past perfect tense. B) Simple past tense. C) Simple progressive tense. D) Past continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past continuous. 9. Were you watching TV when your father ..... last night? A) Arrived. B) Arrives. C) Was arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 10. He ..... the glass while he ..... the washing up. A) Was dropping / did. B) Dropped / did. C) Dropped / was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dropped / was doing. 11. Ben was going to school when he ..... the accident. A) Saw. B) See. C) Was seeing. D) Were seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 12. Tami (do) her homework when the bell rang. A) Did. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 13. Michael ..... flying a kite while the teacher was teaching class. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 14. I ..... a new car three days ago A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Buyed. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 15. Jack (study) French last year. A) Study. B) Was studying. C) Studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 16. What were they doing when the storm started? A) They were engaged in an outdoor activity. B) They were sleeping in their beds. C) They were watching a movie indoors. D) They were cooking dinner inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were engaged in an outdoor activity. 17. Harry was helping his grandmother ..... a bird stole his hat. A) When. B) While. C) At 12 noon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 18. Transform the sentence 'She was reading a book' into past simple. A) She was read a book. B) She reads a book. C) She is reading a book. D) She read a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She read a book. 19. Create a sentence in past progressive about what you were doing last weekend. A) I was reading a book last weekend. B) I read a book last weekend. C) I will read a book last weekend. D) I am reading a book last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was reading a book last weekend. 20. A make-up artist ..... his imagination to change an actor's appearance. A) Used. B) Is using. C) Uses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses. 21. Tom was playing the piano. A) Present progressive. B) Past progressive. C) Simple past. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 22. We ..... doing our homework. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 23. Which sentence shows the correct contrast between positive and negative past progressive? A) He was wearing shorts, but he wasn't carrying a tennis racquet. B) He was wear shorts, but he didn't carrying a tennis racquet. C) He wearing shorts, but he was not carry a tennis racquet. D) He were wearing shorts, but he wasn't carried a tennis racquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was wearing shorts, but he wasn't carrying a tennis racquet. 24. What is the past tense form of "talk" ? A) Talked. B) Talking. C) Talkd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Talked. 25. We ..... English yesterday A) Study. B) Studying. C) Studies. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studied. 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