This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We were having a picnic when it started to rain. A) The picnic was interrupted by rain. B) The weather was perfect for a picnic. C) We decided to leave before the rain started. D) The rain ruined our plans for the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The picnic was interrupted by rain. 2. Which of the following is NOT past progressive? A) She was dancing. B) She danced. C) She was dancing yesterday. A) B) She danced. B) He dances. C) They were dancing. D) She is dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) She danced. 3. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... were you dancing tonight, at the restaurant or at your house? A) Who. B) What. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 4. (make the question)She arrived at 6 pm A) She arrived at 6 pm?. B) Did she arrive?. C) When did she arrive?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When did she arrive?. 5. She ..... cutting my hair in the morning. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. Which of these is an incorrect past progressive sentence? A) I was making a cake last night. B) She were swimming in the pool. C) They were living in New York. D) He was sleeping at midnight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She were swimming in the pool. 7. When I (get back) ..... my mum (cook) ..... dinner A) Was getting back / cooked. B) Got back/ was cooking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got back/ was cooking. 8. Ana and mark ..... (not /drive) to house A) Was not driving. B) Were not driving. C) Was playing. D) Are not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not driving. 9. What are the use of this past progressive sentence?'I was practicing piano because I had a big performance coming up' A) Reasons and contexts for events. B) The past continuous and definite time. C) Ongoing and repeated events. D) Background events. E) Events happening at a particular time in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reasons and contexts for events. 10. As they ..... TV, the power went out. A) Watches. B) Were watching. C) Is watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 11. Earlier, You ..... taking a photograph for our Christmas album. A) Am. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 12. Convert to past progressive:The dog barks at strangers. A) The dog barked at strangers. B) The dog barks at strangers. C) The dog was barking at strangers. D) The dog is barking at strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog was barking at strangers. 13. If the dad says, "You were walking around the house at 3 a.m.", which word BEST explains why were walking is correct? A) Continuous. B) Habitual. C) Future. D) Completed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous. 14. Mary was playing the piano while her mother ..... a book. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Was reading. D) Is reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 15. What were you doing when I (call)? A) Was calling. B) Did call. C) Called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 16. ..... the sun set while you were waiting for your uncle? A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 17. ..... you eating dinner when a monkey jumped onto the table? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. Formulate a past progressive sentence using the verb 'to write'. A) I write. B) I was wrote. C) I am writing. D) I was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was writing. 19. They ..... swimming in the lake at 4 o'clock. A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. I ..... doing my homework when my brother hit me. A) Wasn't. B) Weren't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 21. Which progressive verb tense best completes the sentence?Too many people ..... to work in the kitchen to cook dinner last night. A) Are trying. B) Were trying. C) Will be trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were trying. 22. No one in the class (play) Among Us anymore, when they were invited by their teacher. A) Was playing. B) Are playing. C) Is playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 23. Change 'The dog barks at strangers' to past progressive. A) The dog is barking at strangers. B) The dog barks at strangers yesterday. C) The dog was barking at strangers. D) The dog barked at strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dog was barking at strangers. 24. Tom's cat started to purr ..... he was petting it. A) While. B) When. C) At midnight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 25. I ..... the watermelon when I cut my finger. A) Was speaking. B) Was remembering. C) Was spending. D) Was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cutting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past 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