This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. While they ..... soccer, it started to rain. A) Play. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Question number 4 A) Is eating. B) Are eating. C) Was eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating. 14. 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. 15. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 16. SIMPLE PAST TENSEThe weather (be) ..... strangely fine this morning when I opened the windows. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 17. Write the-ing form of the verb READ. A) Readding. B) Reading. C) Readeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading. 18. I ..... my clothes at 9 p.m. last night. A) Hang. B) Was hanging. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was hanging. 19. Who ..... to you when I ..... you in the park? A) Were talking / saw. B) Was talking / saw. C) Talking / saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking / saw. 20. If the phone rang at 9 p.m. while you were eating dinner, how would you explain it? A) I eat dinner when the phone rang. B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. C) I am eating dinner when the phone rang. D) I was eat dinner when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was eating dinner when the phone rang. 21. Question number 6 A) Was read. B) Was reading. C) Has read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 22. When I ..... my cup, thecoffee ..... on my lap. A) Drop, spill. B) Dropped, spilled. C) Dropped, spill. D) Drop, spilled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dropped, spilled. 23. Choose the correct verb conjugation:'He (to eat) dinner when I arrived.' A) Was eating. B) Ate. C) Is eating. D) Will eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 24. My mom called me for dinner while I ..... for the test. A) Is reviewing. B) Are reviewing. C) Was reviewing. D) Were reviewing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reviewing. 25. ..... Sue was doing my homework, her brother was watching TV. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. ← 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