This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which verb indicates possession and is not used in the progressive form? A) Have. B) See. C) Think. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have. 2. Why do we say "She was studying" instead of "She studied" in the past progressive tense? A) To show an action that was complete in the past. B) To show an action in progress at a specific time in the past. C) To show a repeated past habit. D) To show a permanent fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To show an action in progress at a specific time in the past. 3. ..... you walking to school when a dog bit you? A) Were. B) Did. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 4. Patty and Carla ..... through the house while Kevin and Julie were making a cake. A) Didn't run. B) Didn't ran. C) Running. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't run. 5. Question number 7 A) Were writing. B) Was writing. C) Has wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were writing. 6. Leandra was playing with her dolls with Ler Hui. A) Simple Past Tense. B) Past Progressive Tense. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive Tense. 7. Meg ..... (walk) to school when her mother called. A) Was walking. B) Had walked. C) Had been walking. D) Were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 8. Create a past progressive sentence with 'run'. A) I will be running tomorrow. B) I was running yesterday. C) I am running last week. D) I was run yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was running yesterday. 9. Some pupils left the room as we (do) our tests. A) Did. B) Was doing. C) Were doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were doing. 10. The sun ..... while we were waiting for my uncle. A) Didn't rise. B) Didn't rose. C) Rising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't rise. 11. Which of the following sentences uses the past progressive correctly? A) I am walking to school. B) I was walking to school. C) I walk to school. A) B) I was walking to school. B) I am walked to school. C) I walking to school. D) I was walk to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) I was walking to school. 12. Dia (perempuan) sedang duduk di taman kemarin sore, translate by this sentence is ..... A) She were sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. B) He was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. C) She was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. D) He were sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was sitting at the park yesterday afternoon. 13. What were you doing at 8 PM last night? A) I was reading a book. B) I was going for a walk. C) I was having dinner. D) I was watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was having dinner. 14. Harry didn't go out yesterday because it ..... all day. A) Is raining. B) Was raining. C) Were raining. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was raining. 15. Identify the error:'I was seen a movie last night.' What should it be? A) I have seen a movie last night. B) I saw a movie last night. C) I seen a movie last night. D) I was watching a movie last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw a movie last night. 16. ..... you see Anna? A) Does. B) Were. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 17. While the teacher ..... the lesson, the students were taking notes. A) Was explaining. B) Explain. C) Is explaining. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was explaining. 18. I am running to the plenary hall. 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. 19. Choose the best NEGATIVE short answer for this yes /no question .Were Ericka and I talking on the phone? A) No, we weren't. B) No, we wasn't. C) No, we wasn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, we weren't. 20. Select the one with an example of the past progressive tense: A) The judge wasn't smiling when he said he remembered you from school. B) The judge smiled and said: "I remember you.". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The judge wasn't smiling when he said he remembered you from school. 21. My dad ..... (go) on a business trip when I ..... (spend) his money. A) Was going, spent. B) Was going, was spending. C) Is going, am spending. D) Went, spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going, spent. 22. What comes before a verb in the past progressive form? A) Was. B) Were. C) Will be. D) -was if the subject is singular-were if the subject is plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -was if the subject is singular-were if the subject is plural. 23. Which situation BEST requires the use of past progressive? A) Talking about daily habits. B) Describing two actions happening at the same time in the past. C) Describing a fact that never changes. D) Talking about something that will happen in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Describing two actions happening at the same time in the past. 24. What were your parents doing when you arrived home? A) My parents were gardening outside. B) My parents were cleaning the house. C) My parents were preparing dinner. D) My parents were watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My parents were preparing dinner. 25. Imagine you want to ask about an action at a specific time in the past. Which question is correct? A) What are you doing at 7 p.m.?. B) What did you doing at 7 p.m.?. C) What were you doing at 7 p.m.?. D) What was you do at 7 p.m.?. 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