Past Progressive Tense Quiz 8 (25 MCQs)

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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.
2. Listen! The bell .....
3. She ..... baking a cake.
4. David ..... all evening yesterday.
5. David ..... on his shoes when the school bus arrived.
6. A: ..... you ..... when I knocked the door?B:No, .....
7. The bell rang while the boys ..... their homework.
8. I (eat) an ice cream.
9. I was eating my lunch ..... I bit my tongue.
10. True or False:The past progressive tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past.
11. It ..... loudly at the cat.
12. Identify the auxiliary verb in the past progressive:'I was reading.'
13. We ..... to finish our project before the teacher arrived.
14. The sentence in past progressive
15. Convert to past progressive:He writes a letter.
16. I ..... my finger while ..... dinner.
17. Which of the following is correct:'They were watching a movie' or 'They was watching a movie'?
18. Write the-ing form of the verb STAY.
19. They were running on the playground .....
20. 6-Ana ..... studying English right now.
21. Create a sentence in past progressive using 'she' and 'write'.
22. What is the past progressive tense used for?
23. They ..... (play) football when it started to rain.
24. Recognize the past progressive in this sentence:'They were having dinner when the guests arrived.'
25. Convert to past progressive:They travel to Spain.