This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the simple past tense.My uncle ..... her house in 2017. (build) A) Builds. B) Builded. C) Was building. D) Built. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Built. 2. If Sarah really was baking a cake, which sentence correctly explains it? A) Sarah made a cake when her mom asked her. B) Sarah makes a cake when her mom asked her. C) Sarah was making a cake when her mom asked her. D) Sarah is making a cake when her mom asked her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah was making a cake when her mom asked her. 3. I ..... teaching English at 7 a.m. this morning. A) Am not. B) Was not. C) Don't. D) Have not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was not. 4. The dogs ..... running in the park when I talked to John. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 5. Create a dialogue using past progressive:What were you doing when the phone rang? A) Person A:What were you doing when the phone rang? Person B:I was reading a book. B) I was cooking dinner. C) I was watching a movie. D) I was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person A:What were you doing when the phone rang? Person B:I was reading a book. 6. Which verb in past progressive tense correctly completes the sentence below?They ..... as biblical figures during our celebration A) Were dressing up. B) Was dressing up. C) Will dress up. D) Is dressing up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were dressing up. 7. We were having a great time at the concert. Formulate this sentence. A) We left the concert early due to bad weather. B) We enjoyed ourselves immensely at the concert. C) The concert was boring and uneventful. D) We had a terrible time at the concert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We enjoyed ourselves immensely at the concert. 8. While my mom ..... (cook), my dad ..... (read) a newspaper. A) Cooks / reads. B) Was cooking / was reading. C) Cooked / read. D) Cooking / reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cooking / was reading. 9. Cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when A) Was She cooking when I arrived. B) She was cooking when I arrived. C) She cooking was when I arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking when I arrived. 10. Differentiate between past progressive and simple past:Why is 'I was sleeping' different from 'I slept'? A) I was sleeping indicates a future action. B) I slept is used for habitual actions. C) I was sleeping is a question form. D) I was sleeping describes an ongoing action, while I slept describes a completed action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was sleeping describes an ongoing action, while I slept describes a completed action. 11. We were eating dinner ..... a monkey jumped onto the table. A) When. B) While. C) At 3pm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 12. Which of the following is a time expression for past progressive:'yesterday', 'while', or 'tomorrow'? A) Next month. B) Last week. C) Today. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While. 13. The baby was drinking a bottle when his parents ..... A) Arrived. B) Arrives. C) Is arriving. D) Had been arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 14. Choose the best answer using a wh word ..... were you crying last night, in the morning or in the night? A) When. B) Where. C) Who. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 15. Form a past progressive sentence using 'play'. A) I was playing. B) I played. C) I am playing. D) I was play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was playing. 16. Write the-ing form of the verb LIVE. A) Lived. B) Living. C) Live. D) Liveing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living. 17. The sun set ..... we were having dinner. A) While. B) When. C) At 5 o'clock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 18. Find a mistake:Mia and Luke was taking photos of the seals at the beach. A) Was. B) Taking. C) Of. D) The seals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 19. Question number 5 A) Were swimming. B) Has swimming. C) Is swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were swimming. 20. Choose the correct past progressive form for "she / dance" . A) She was dancing. B) She is dancing. C) She dances. D) She will dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was dancing. 21. Linda ..... the house when she received flowers. A) Wasn't clean. B) Isn't cleaning. C) Wasn't cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't cleaning. 22. Question number 1 A) Was calling. B) Is calling. C) Were calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was calling. 23. ..... the teacher ..... when you entered the classroom? A) Was teaching. B) Were teaching. C) Did teach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was teaching. 24. Everybody (celebrate) when the name of Hidylyn Diaz was called in the Tokyo Olympics. A) Is celebrating. B) Were celebrating. C) Was celebrating. D) Are celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was celebrating. 25. Thomas ..... (have) dinner when his Mother ..... (arrive) home. A) Having, arrived. B) Are having, arriving. C) Is having, arrived. D) Was having, arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was having, arrived. ← 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