This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use past progressive in a sentence about your last vacation. A) I was swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. B) I am swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. C) I swam in the ocean during my last vacation. D) I will swim in the ocean during my last vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was swimming in the ocean during my last vacation. 2. Somebody (fix) their faucet upstairs last night, A) Are fixing. B) Was fixing. C) Is fixing. D) Were fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was fixing. 3. When I (arrive) ..... , the teacher (write) ..... something on the board. A) Arriving, written. B) Arrived, was writing. C) Was arriving, was writing. D) Arrived, wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, was writing. 4. Select the verb (s) in the past progressive tense.If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research.(Albert Einstein) A) Was. B) Doing. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 5. Convert the sentence 'You play video games' to past progressive. A) You have played video games. B) You were playing video games. C) You played video games. D) You are playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You were playing video games. 6. How do you use the past progressive tense to show interrupted actions? A) Use simple past for both actions. B) Use future tense for the interrupting action. C) Use present tense for the ongoing action. D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use past progressive for the ongoing action and simple past for the interrupting action. 7. Daniel and his friends ..... up the stairs. A) Is marching. B) Was marching. C) Were marching. D) Are marching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were marching. 8. She ..... a movie when the lights went out. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Is watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 9. They were trying to build an igloo ..... A) Last night. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last night. 10. The phone ..... (ring) when I entered the room. A) Was rining. B) Was ringing. C) Were rining. D) Were ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was ringing. 11. They ..... trying to make an igloo last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 12. Philip and Jonas (collect) samples of the rat cell for their experiment last weekend. A) Is collecting. B) Are collecting. C) Was collecting. D) Were collecting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were collecting. 13. He ..... (dance) at a party when he ..... (meet) his girlfriend. A) Was dancing / met. B) Danced / was meeting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was dancing / met. 14. Find the past progressive in this text:'He was studying when I called.' A) Studied when. B) Was studying called. C) Was studying. D) Was calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 15. I ..... in the park when I met Serena A) Were walking. B) Am walking. C) Was walking. D) Is walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 16. My sister wasn't scampering in the park ..... A) Yesterday afternoon. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday afternoon. 17. Andrea and Rosa (have) breakfast. A) Is having. B) Have. C) Are having. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are having. 18. What is the correct structure for forming an information question in the past progressive tense? A) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. B) To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. C) Subject + To be + Verb +-ing + Object +?. D) To be + Verb +-ing + Subject + Object +?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Question Words + To be + Subject + Verb +-ing + Object +?. 19. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/finish) their homework when I arrived.' A) Have not finished. B) Did not finish. C) Had not finished. D) Were not finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had not finished. 20. The sun rose ..... we were waiting for my uncle. A) While. B) When. C) Last Wednesday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 21. Which sentence is NOT in the past progressive tense? A) I was reading a book. B) He was playing soccer. C) She is cooking dinner. D) We were watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is cooking dinner. 22. Sue and Fran ..... playing violin while Matt was playing guitar. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 23. I was involving in that game. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. The child ..... when the ball hit the vase. A) Play. B) Played. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 25. ..... in the garden? A) Was Tom reading. B) Was Tom read. C) Did Tom reading. D) Tom reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was Tom reading. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5Past Progressive Tense Quiz 6Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8Past Progressive Tense Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books