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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'The children were playing in the park when it started to rain' A) The past continuous and definite time. B) Background events. C) Events happening at a particular time in the past. D) Reasons and contexts for events. E) Ongoing and repeated events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Background events. 2. She ..... when she heard the news about her grandmother. A) Was talking. B) Was starting. C) Was remembering. D) Was spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 3. I ..... basketball then. A) Play. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 4. Formulate a past progressive sentence using the verb 'to cook'. A) I will cook. B) I cooked. C) I was cooking. D) I am cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was cooking. 5. What is the negative form of 'He was studying'? A) He did not study. B) He is not studying. C) He was not studying. D) He was studying not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was not studying. 6. What is the correct past progressive tense form of the verb "run" for the subject "they" ? A) They were running. B) They are running. C) They ran. D) They had been running. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were running. 7. The baby ..... when the somebody came. A) Was trying. B) Was swimming. C) Was starting. D) Was crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was crying. 8. Mike was telling all the campers to be on time. 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. 9. Fill in the blank with the correct past progressive form:'While I ..... (watch) TV, my brother was studying.' A) Was watching TV. B) Was watched. C) Was watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 10. You, We, They A) WAS. B) WERE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WERE. 11. I (ride) my bicycle when I saw the accident. A) Ride. B) Rode. C) Was riding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was riding. 12. Howard ..... (like) the movie. A) Was liking. B) Was likeing. C) Were liking. D) Were likeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was liking. 13. What ..... at 10 pm last night? It was really noisy! A) Was you doing. B) Were you doing. C) Did you do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 14. Which of the following is a signal word for the past progressive? A) First. B) While. C) Suddenly. D) Then. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 15. My family ..... (not, look) for a new apartment when that man ..... (give) us a pamphlet. A) Not looking, was giving. B) Was not looking, was giving. C) Were not looking, was giving. D) Were not looking, gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were not looking, gave. 16. Change the sentence 'He runs every morning' to past progressive. A) He is running every morning. B) He was running every morning. C) He ran every morning. D) He runs every evening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was running every morning. 17. The dogs ..... sleeping in the kennel. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 18. I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter, so I made several mistakes. A) Interrupted Action in the Past. B) Specific Time as an Interruption. C) Repetition and Irritation with "Always". D) Parallel Actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallel Actions. 19. Which sentence is in the past progressive? A) She danced at the party. B) She was dancing at the party. C) She is dancing at the party. A) She is dancing at the concert. B) She dances at the party. C) B) She was dancing at the party. D) She had danced at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B) She was dancing at the party. 20. Change to past progressive:'We walk to school.' A) We were walking to school. B) We are walking to school. C) We walk to the school. D) We walked to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We were walking to school. 21. Use the past progressive tense to describe what you were doing at 8 PM last night. A) She was cooking dinner and watching TV. B) I was reading a book and listening to music. C) They were playing video games and eating snacks. D) I sleeping and dreaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was reading a book and listening to music. 22. When the earthquake happened, people ..... (sleep). A) Are sleeping. B) Sleep. C) Were sleeping. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. 23. They ..... jumping on the trampoline A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 24. Why would you use the past progressive tense in the sentence: "I was reading when the lights went out" ? A) To show a future action. B) To show a repeated action. C) To show an ongoing action that was interrupted. D) To show a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show an ongoing action that was interrupted. 25. Which sentence correctly uses the past progressive? A) I was sleeping. B) I sleep. C) I slept. A) I am sleeping. B) I was sleep. C) I sleeped. D) I was sleeping. 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