This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... (verb) To make a house or a building. A) Send. B) Build. C) Play. D) Trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build. 2. Which auxiliary verb is used in the past progressive tense? A) Are. B) Is. C) Was or were. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was or were. 3. ..... was your mom doing this morning? A) Where. B) Who. C) Why. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What. 4. She ..... (watch) TV when the lights went out. A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Is watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 5. Which of the following sentences is in past progressive:'I was sleeping', 'I sleep', or 'I will sleep'? A) I have slept. B) I slept. C) I am sleeping. D) I was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was sleeping. 6. I ..... through the mall Tuesday. A) Was walking. B) Were walking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 7. What ..... at the game last night? A) Is happening. B) Happens. C) Happened. D) Happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happened. 8. The children ..... (play) outside when it started to rain. A) Was playing. B) Were play. C) Were playing. D) Was play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 9. Which is a condition for past progressive tense? A) The action will happen in the near future. B) The action happened when another action was done. C) The action was happening when it was interrupted. D) The action is done habitually at regular intervals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The action was happening when it was interrupted. 10. He was reading a book when I called him. True or False? A) He was sleeping when I called him. B) True. C) He was playing a game when I called him. D) He was watching TV when I called him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. They ..... faster than anyone else in the race. A) Were running. B) Was running. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were running. 12. Sally (have) ..... a sound sleep last night. A) Was having. B) Had. C) Were having. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 13. She ..... her grandmother last week. A) Called. B) Calls. C) Call. D) Is calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 14. In the sentence 'We were watching a movie', what is the subject in past progressive? A) They. B) The movie. C) Watching a movie. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We. 15. Which time expression fits best with past progressive:'every day' or 'at that time'? A) In the future. B) At that time. C) Last year. D) Every week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At that time. 16. My puppy ..... eating on its doghouse yesterday morning. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 17. Choose the best affirmative short answer for this yes /no question .Were you sleeping when dad came home from work? A) Yes, I was. B) Yes, I were. C) Yes, I am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I was. 18. We ..... not happy after the sad ending A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 19. She was ..... TV. A) Watching. B) Listening to. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watching. 20. They weren't swimming in the lake ..... A) At 4 o'clock. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At 4 o'clock. 21. Harry is watching a movie. A) Present tense. B) Past tense. C) Present progressive. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 22. Convert to past progressive:We swim in the pool. A) We swimmed in the pool. B) We are swimming in the pool. C) We swim in the pools. D) We were swimming in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were swimming in the pool. 23. I ..... dinner when my brother came home. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) Was cooking. D) Were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 24. Mr Karim ..... happily under a tree. A) Is singing. B) Was singing. C) Were singing. D) Are singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was singing. 25. They were playing soccer when it started to rain. Formulate this sentence. A) It started to rain while they were playing soccer. B) It was raining while they played soccer. C) They were playing soccer until it started to rain. D) They started to play soccer after it rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It started to rain while they were playing soccer. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Progressive Tense Quiz 1Past Progressive Tense Quiz 2Past Progressive Tense Quiz 3Past Progressive Tense Quiz 4Past 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