This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We often use the ..... tense and the ..... tense in the same sentence. We do this when we want to talk about a shorter activity that happened during a longer activity in the past. A) Present Perfect; Simple Past. B) Present Perfect; Past Progressive. C) Past Progressive; Simple Past. D) Past Continuous:Past Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past Progressive; Simple Past. 2. Listen! The bell ..... A) Was ringing. B) Were ringing. C) Is ringing. D) Are ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is ringing. 3. She ..... baking a cake. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 4. David ..... all evening yesterday. A) Had exercised. B) Exercised. C) Was exercising. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was exercising. 5. David ..... on his shoes when the school bus arrived. A) Puts. B) Is putting. C) Was putting. D) Were putting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was putting. 6. A: ..... you ..... when I knocked the door?B:No, ..... A) Were / eating / I wasn't. B) Was / ate / I weren't. C) Did / eat / I didn't. D) Were / eating / I was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were / eating / I wasn't. 7. The bell rang while the boys ..... their homework. A) Do. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 8. I (eat) an ice cream. A) Ate. B) Am eating. C) Am eat. D) Is eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am eating. 9. I was eating my lunch ..... I bit my tongue. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 10. True or False:The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past. A) False. B) True. C) The past progressive tense describes a future action. D) The past progressive tense is used for habitual actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. It ..... loudly at the cat. A) Was barking. B) Were barking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was barking. 12. Identify the auxiliary verb in the past progressive:'I was reading.' A) Is. B) Am. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 13. We ..... to finish our project before the teacher arrived. A) Were trying. B) Were buying. C) Were bringing. D) Were changing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were trying. 14. The sentence in past progressive A) I were speaking. B) You was dancing. C) They were speaking. D) We was not talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were speaking. 15. Convert to past progressive:He writes a letter. A) He was writing a letter. B) He wrote a letter. C) He is writing a letter. D) He has written a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was writing a letter. 16. I ..... my finger while ..... dinner. A) Cutted / was cooking. B) Cut / cooked. C) Cut / was cooking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut / was cooking. 17. Which of the following is correct:'They were watching a movie' or 'They was watching a movie'? A) They were watching a movie. B) They watches a movie. C) They were watch a movie. D) They is watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were watching a movie. 18. Write the-ing form of the verb STAY. A) Staying. B) Staing. C) Stayed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Staying. 19. They were running on the playground ..... A) On Thursday. B) When. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Thursday. 20. 6-Ana ..... studying English right now. A) Am. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 21. Create a sentence in past progressive using 'she' and 'write'. A) She was writing. B) She is writing. C) She was write. D) She wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was writing. 22. What is the past progressive tense used for? A) To express habitual actions. B) To describe future actions. C) To indicate completed actions. D) To indicate ongoing actions in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To indicate ongoing actions in the past. 23. They ..... (play) football when it started to rain. A) Were playing. B) Are playing. C) Played. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 24. Recognize the past progressive in this sentence:'They were having dinner when the guests arrived.' A) Are having. B) Had dinner. C) Were eating. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having. 25. Convert to past progressive:They travel to Spain. A) They are traveling to Spain. B) They traveled to Spain. C) They have traveled to Spain. D) They were traveling to Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were traveling to Spain. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books