This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The-ing form of a verb is called the ..... form. A) Progressive. B) Present participle. C) Future tense. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present participle. 2. When do we use the Past Progressive tense? A) To talk about actions or events that were completed in the past. B) To talk about actions or events that were in progress at a specific time in the past. C) To talk about future events. D) To talk about habitual actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To talk about actions or events that were in progress at a specific time in the past. 3. We were watching a movie when the power went out. A) We paused the movie for a break. B) The screen went black suddenly. C) The lights flickered briefly. D) The power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The power went out. 4. Which sentence uses the past progressive tense? A) She painted a picture. B) She was painting a picture. A) She was painting a picture. B) She was painted a picture. C) She will paint a picture. D) She is painting a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was painting a picture. 5. My sister ..... her homework when the phone rang. A) Is doing. B) Was doing. C) Does. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 6. Jimmy and I ..... (not go) out because it ..... (rain). A) Didn't go, was raining. B) Wasn't going, rained. C) Didn't go, rained. D) Wasn't going, was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go, was raining. 7. I ..... walking to school when a dog bit me. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 8. Convert 'They travel to Spain' to past progressive. A) They were traveling to Spain. B) They had traveled to Spain. C) They are traveling to Spain. D) They travel in Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were traveling to Spain. 9. What tense is this phrase:I was eating pizza with my family at 6pm yesterday. A) Present Perfect Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) Simple Past Tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive Tense. 10. She was ..... her keys all morning. A) Looking for. B) Looked for. C) Looks for. D) Look for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking for. 11. What is the past progressive form of 'She dances'? A) She was dance. B) She is dancing. C) She danced. D) She was dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was dancing. 12. What is the past tense form of "sell" ? A) Sold. B) Selled. C) Selling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sold. 13. What tense is this phrase:Yesterday at 7pm, I was studying while the baby was sleeping A) Simple Past Tense; Past Progressive Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense; Present Perfect Tense. C) Past Progressive Tense; Past Progressive Tense. D) Simple Past Tense; Present Perfect Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Progressive Tense; Past Progressive Tense. 14. It is used to express an action that continues in progress in Past tense A) Past Progressive. B) Past Simple. C) Past Perfect. D) Past TO BE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Progressive. 15. ..... you see Jody's new dog yesterday? A) Are. B) Did. C) Do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 16. Which signal word indicates an action that interrupts another action? A) First. B) Then. C) While. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 17. Write the-ing form of the verb WIN. A) Wining. B) Wined. C) Winning. D) Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winning. 18. Choose the sentence in past progressive tense:A) They watched a movie. B) They were watching a movie. A) They are watching a movie. B) They were watch a movie. C) They were watching a movie. D) They will watch a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were watching a movie. 19. He ..... at 7, ..... a shower and left the house. A) Got up / was having. B) Got up / had. C) Was getting up / had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up / had. 20. Convert to past progressive:She plays the piano. A) She plays piano. B) She was play the piano. C) She was playing the piano. D) She is playing the piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was playing the piano. 21. We ..... a model ship on Friday night. A) Building. B) Were building. C) Was build. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were building. 22. The rain ..... when my father ..... the car. A) Started / was washing. B) Started / washed. C) Was starting / washed. D) Started / were washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started / was washing. 23. I am writing a letter for everyone. A) PAST PROGRESSIVE. B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PRESENT PROGRESSIVE. 24. Ahmad ..... here yesterday because I saw everyone but him. A) Was not. B) Was. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not. 25. While they (sleep), thieves came and robbed their house. A) Was sleeping. B) Slept. C) Were sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. ← 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