Past Progressive

Past Progressive

8th Grade

25 Qs

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Past Progressive

Past Progressive

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.4.1B, L.5.1.B-D, L.5.1C

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Susie ____________ (watch) a film when she _________ (hear) the noise.

watched / was hearing

watching / heard

watched / was hearing

was watching / heard

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mary ____________ a book in the library while his friend _____________ outside.

read / was playing

was reading / played

read / played

was reading / was playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Suzy _____________  her homework while her friend ___________  dinner.

was doing / was making

did / made

was doing / made

did / was making

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Sally ______ (study) while Jan ______ (play).

Was studying/were Playing

Were studying/ was playing

Was studying/ is playing

was studying/was playing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate the correct form of the verb based on information in the parentheses.
The bowl slipped from my hands and broke as I _____ for the phone. (reach - past progressive)

am reaching

was reaching

will be reaching

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct form of the verbs.

To save time yesterday, we divided the house chores. Andrea _______ while Leo and I ______ the room.

was cooking, were cleaning

cooked

was cooking, was cleaning

was cooking, cleaned

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Indicate the correct form of the verb based on information in the parentheses.
I _____ the flour in a bowl when the phone rang. (put - past progressive)

am putting

was putting

will be putting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

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