This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Tense – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Tense Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anita ..... drinking a cup of tea. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 2. Which sentence uses the past progressive to show a background action? A) The birds were singing while I walked in the park. B) The birds sing while I walk in the park. C) The birds will sing while I walk in the park. D) The birds have sung while I walked in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birds were singing while I walked in the park. 3. Identify the past progressive in this sentence:'They were watching a movie.' A) Were viewing. B) Were seeing. C) Were playing. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 4. The house ..... (burn), when jack's family left. A) Were burnt. B) Was burnt. C) Was not burn. D) Was burn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was burnt. 5. This morning at five o'clock Ben ..... with his brother. A) Have played. B) Played. C) Is playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was playing. 6. What must you add after the auxiliary in a negative sentence in the past progressive tense? A) Verb. B) Not. C) Object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not. 7. Use past progressive in context:What were you doing when the phone rang? A) I was reading a book when the phone rang. B) I was watching TV when the phone rang. C) I was cooking dinner when the phone rang. D) I was playing video games when the phone rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was reading a book when the phone rang. 8. I ..... (wash) my car while he ..... (watch) TV on the sofa. A) Was washing / was watching. B) Washed / was watching. C) Washed / watched. D) Was washing / watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing / was watching. 9. While Meylan ..... on the garden, I was preparing dinner. A) Working. B) Was working. C) Had been working. D) Is working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 10. The phone rang while I ..... dinner. A) Had. B) Was having. C) Am having. D) Will have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 11. When John ..... , Betty ..... A) Was cooking, woke up. B) Was cooking, was waking up. C) Cooked, woke up. D) Cooked, was waking up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking, woke up. 12. We ..... dinner between seven and eight last night. A) Had. B) Is having. C) Was having. D) Were having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were having. 13. He ..... to the store when it started to rain. A) Was trying. B) Was changing. C) Was coming. D) Was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was going. 14. Which shows the verb conjugation of past progressive tense? A) Are + present participle. B) Was + present participle. C) Will be + present participle. D) Is + present participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was + present participle. 15. Who (watch) television when the doorbell rang? A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 16. When I got to the party, everyone ..... and dancing. A) Was singing. B) Were sing. C) Sings. D) Was sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was singing. 17. What is the past progressive form of 'we watch TV'? A) We watch TVed. B) We are watching TV. C) We watched TV. D) We were watching TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were watching TV. 18. What does the past progressive tense help to establish? A) The main action. B) The background of the story. C) The conclusion. D) The future events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The background of the story. 19. I ..... when Henry ..... to visit this afternoon A) Slept, was coming. B) Was sleeping, was coming. C) Was sleeping, came. D) Slept, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping, came. 20. I ..... dinner when she arrived. A) Make. B) Made. C) Am making. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was making. 21. Which tense is used to describe actions that were in progress at a specific point in the past? A) Past Progressive. B) Simple Past. C) Present Perfect. D) Future Perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Progressive. 22. Did he ..... a new car last week? A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buy. 23. ..... I saw him, he was eating ice-cream. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 24. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'We were watching a movie.' A) Were watching a movie. B) Were watching. C) Were movie watching. D) Watching a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 25. She was ..... the coffee when she woke up. A) Smelling. B) Smell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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