This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My teacher was ..... Social Studies last week. A) Teaching. B) Listening. C) Speaking. D) Giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching. 2. While John ..... , Betty ..... A) Was cooking, woke up. B) Was cooking, was waking up. C) Cooked, woke up. D) Cooked, was waking up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking, woke up. 3. What is the function of the simple past tense? A) To describe future actions. B) To describe actions that take place simultaneously. C) To describe ongoing actions. D) To describe completed actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To describe completed actions. 4. Identify the past simple in the sentence:'They were watching a movie.' A) They. B) Movie. C) Watching. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 5. Today I am working. Yesterday, I ..... A) Will work. B) Work. C) Worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 6. He ..... in his room now. A) Am reading. B) Is reading. C) Was reading. D) Were reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reading. 7. Miguel ..... (speak) with Lucia when I saw her. A) Was speaking. B) Were speaking. C) Are speaking. D) Is speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was speaking. 8. Question number 2 A) Is studying. B) Has studying. C) Were studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying. 9. Which subordinating conjunction can be used to show that an action was interrupted? A) When. B) And. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 10. Fill in the blank:'They ..... (not/listen) to the teacher while he was talking.' A) Were not listening. B) Did not listen. C) Are not listening. D) Was not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not listening. 11. What (you, do) ..... when the accident occured? A) Are you doing. B) Did you do. C) You did. D) Were you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you doing. 12. What ..... yestarday at p.m.? A) Was you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Did you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 13. I was reading a book when the lights ..... out. A) Went. B) Going. C) Was going. D) Was gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 14. Which verb correctly completes the sentence below? We ..... the holy rosary all morning. A) Prays. B) Was praying. C) Were praying. D) Are prayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were praying. 15. What tense is this phrase:I went to New York last year. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Simple Past Tense. C) Past Progressive Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Past Tense. 16. Last night, my computer ..... to make funny sounds. A) Starts. B) Start. C) Is starting. D) Started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started. 17. When Mrs. Smith ..... (open) the door, her children ..... (do) their homework and her husband ..... (read) the newspaper. A) Opened, did, read. B) Opened, were doing, was reading. C) Was opening, did, read. D) Was opening, were doing, was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opened, were doing, was reading. 18. They ..... (drink) cocktails while Mrs Brown ..... (eat) supper. A) Was drinking, was eating. B) Were drinking, was eating. C) Drank, ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were drinking, was eating. 19. Last night, the baby ants ..... (cry). A) Was cring. B) Was crying. C) Were cring. D) Were crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were crying. 20. What should you do if a verb has one syllable and ends with C-V-C to form the past progressive tense? A) Add-ing directly. B) Remove the last letter and add-ing. C) Double the last letter and add-ing. D) Change the last letter to-ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double the last letter and add-ing. 21. They ..... singing while we were dancing in the street. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 22. Michael was flying a kite ..... the teacher was teaching class. A) While. B) When. C) Last Thursday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 23. My sister ..... scampering in the park yesterday afternoon. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 24. Mum ..... (prepare) dinner while I ..... (do) the vacuum cleaning. A) Was preparing, was doing. B) Prepared, did. C) Was preparing, did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing, was doing. 25. A bird ..... Harry's hat when he was helping his grandmother. A) Didn't steal. B) Didn't stole. C) Stealing. D) None of the above. 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