This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 25 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the past progressive in the context:'While he was studying, his friends were playing outside.' A) Was studying, were playing. B) Is studying, are playing. C) Was playing, were studying. D) Studied, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying, were playing. 2. We ..... about the project when the bell rang. A) Was talk. B) Were talking. C) Talking. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking. 3. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'She was cooking dinner.' A) Is cooking dinner. B) Was cooking. C) Was baking. D) Cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking. 4. The music ..... (play) when I left her. A) Was played. B) Were being playing. C) Was being played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was being played. 5. Choose the best NEGATIVE short answer for this yes /no question .Were you practicing piano this morning? A) No, I weren't. B) No, I wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I wasn't. 6. When I came to the hotel, she ..... the loby. A) Cleans. B) Is cleaning. C) Was cleaning. D) Cleaned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cleaning. 7. How do you form the past progressive tense for irregular verbs? A) I was swimming for the irregular verb 'swim'. B) I was writing for the irregular verb 'write'. C) For example, 'I was eating' for the irregular verb 'eat'. D) I was running for the irregular verb 'run'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For example, 'I was eating' for the irregular verb 'eat'. 8. Kuya Brian is taking attendance. A) Present progressive tense. B) Past progressive tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present progressive tense. 9. Complete the sentence.The verb in-ING form tells that the action is happening ..... A) Yesterday. B) Tomorrow. C) Right now. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right now. 10. When the teacher ..... , I ..... A) Was arriving / was sleeping. B) Arrived / slept. C) Arrived / was sleeping. D) Was arriving / slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived / was sleeping. 11. While we ..... (wait) for the bus, it started snowing. A) Were wait. B) Waited. C) Were waiting. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were waiting. 12. After I came back from my football practice, I ..... a shower and ..... to sleep. A) Was taking / went. B) Took / went. C) Take / go. D) Was taking / was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took / went. 13. Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?In class yesterday, Joshua ..... reading the longest book I had ever seen! A) Is reading. B) Will be reading. C) Was reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 14. Mrs Miller ..... (work) in the garden when suddenly a UFO ..... (land) A) Worked, landed. B) Was working, was landing. C) Was working, landed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working, landed. 15. Which auxiliary verbs are used in the past progressive tense? A) Am, is, are. B) Was, were. C) Do, does, did. D) Have, has, had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was, were. 16. Alex and John ..... (jog) when a dog ..... (chase) after them. A) Were jogged, chased. B) Is jogging, was chasing. C) Were jogging, was chasing. D) Were jogging, chased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were jogging, chased. 17. While I ..... the bathroom, he ..... TV ! A) Was cleaning / watched. B) Cleaned / was watching. C) Was cleaning / was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cleaning / was watching. 18. They ..... (not / listen) when I gave the directions. A) Weren't listening. B) Wasn't listening. C) Didn't listening. D) Not listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't listening. 19. My brother ..... his friend yesterday. A) Met. B) Was meeting. C) Were meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 20. I ..... (not sleep) when you knocked the door. A) Am not sleeping. B) Was not sleeping. C) Were not sleeping. D) Didn't sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not sleeping. 21. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the past progressive tense with "they / play" . A) They were playing in the park. B) They are playing in the park. C) They play in the park. D) They will play in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were playing in the park. 22. We ..... TV when the phone rang. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Watched. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 23. Identify the past progressive in the sentence:'She was reading a book when the phone rang.' A) Reading a book was. B) The phone rang. C) Was reading a book. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 24. Identify the sentence with past progressive tense:A) She played with her dog. B) She was playing with her dog. A) She will play with her dog. B) She is playing with her dog. C) She was playing with her cat. D) She was playing with her dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was playing with her dog. 25. Which sentence is in past progressive? A) They were cooking dinner. B) They cook dinner. C) They will cook dinner. A) They are cooking dinner. B) A) They were cooking dinner. C) They have cooked dinner. D) They cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) They were cooking dinner. ← 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