Past Progressive

Select the one with an example of the past progressive tense:

• The judge wasn't smiling when he said he remembered you from school.

• The judge smiled and said: "I remember you."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Select the verb (s) in the past progressive tense.

If I knew what I was doing, it wouldn't be called research.(Albert Einstein)

• was

• doing

• was doing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Arthur and Merlin__________ for the sword Excalibur a long time ago.

• were looking

• was looking

• are looking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What ______ you ______ while your grandma was cooking lunch?

• do you do

• were you doing

• are you doing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Linda __________ the house when she received flowers.

• wasn't clean

• isn't cleaning

• wasn't cleaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The girls ________ to music when I turned off the radio.

• weren't listening

• aren't listening

• listen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

John didn't see me while I _________ the street.

• was crossing

• am crossing

• cross

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We ______ a game when the class _____.

• are playing / finished

• were playing / finished

• played / was finishing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

______ the teacher _______ when you entered the classroom?

• Was... teaching

• Were ... teaching

• Did... teach

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

when it started to rain.

• She drive home

• She was driving home

• She not driving home

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D