This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She was teaching while she was making dinner. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 2. The children ..... when their father came home A) Plays. B) Was playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 3. ..... I called home, my brother picked up the phone. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 4. While Ellen ..... (read), Tomas ..... (watch) TV. A) Were reading / was watching. B) Was reading / was watching. C) Read / was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / was watching. 5. I ..... the house while I ..... to music. A) Was cleaning-was listening. B) Cleaned-listened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cleaning-was listening. 6. I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 7. I ..... a terrible accident last weekend. A) Was having. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 8. He was reading a new book for an hour. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 9. I ..... (watch) when she ..... (call). A) Watched / called. B) Watching / was calling. C) Was watching / called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching / called. 10. The children ..... all night. A) Slept. B) Sleeped. C) Were sleeping. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping. 11. ..... you ..... (listen) while he ..... (talk)? A) Were / listening / was talked. B) Was / listened / was talking. C) Were / listening / was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / listening / was talking. 12. My friend got wet while he ..... hiking last month. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. My sister ..... in Spain many years ago. A) Was living. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 14. Jennifer ..... a photo of me while I ..... A) Took / didn't look. B) Took / wasn't looking. C) Took / weren't looking. D) Takes / wasn't looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took / wasn't looking. 15. I ..... pizza when the baby started to cry. A) Was eating. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 16. ..... I was doing my homework, my brother was watching TV. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 17. Tina ..... and hit his head. A) Was falling. B) Were falling. C) Fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell. 18. He ..... his dinner on the table. A) Leaving. B) Leave. C) Leaved. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 19. He ..... (live) in Russia when the Revolution ..... (start). A) Lived / started. B) Lived / was starting. C) Was living / started. D) Was living / was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was living / started. 20. They ..... to music when I arrived. A) Were listening. B) Listened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening. 21. She ..... a horror movie. That is why she cannot get to sleep. A) Watched. B) Watch. C) Watches. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched. 22. Choose the most appropriate clause to complete the following sentence ..... while Tim and Junior were having fun. A) Meredith were taking a shower. B) Addie were in the kitchen. C) Jackie went to the supermarket. D) Helen was cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helen was cooking dinner. 23. The other driver ..... on the phone while he hit my car. A) Was talking. B) Talked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 24. Which is the incorrect option the the sentence below.Alex carried a heavy bag and complaining throughout the airport when some children ran into him and fell. A) Complaining. B) Ran. C) Carried. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carried. 25. While we ..... , we ..... Mr Brown. A) Were shopping, was meeting. B) Was shopping, met. C) Were shopping, met. D) Was shopping, was meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were shopping, met. 26. I saw you driving down Green Street yesterday! Where ..... ? A) Did you go. B) Were you going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you going. 27. At 6 p.m. yesterday it ..... dark. A) Already got. B) Was already getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was already getting. 28. I ..... while I listened to music A) Was reading. B) Read. C) Am reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 29. You ..... the English class very well this morning. A) Understanding. B) Was understanding. C) Were understanding. D) Are understandig. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were understanding. 30. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after that.When he ..... home, I ..... to my mother on the phone A) Came, were talking. B) Was coming, was talking. C) Came, talked. D) Came, was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came, was talking. 31. I ..... for my exam when the light went out. A) Was studying. B) Studied. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 32. As I ..... The door, I came across Natalie. She ..... to me for a few minutes. A) Reaching/ talked. B) Reaching/was talking. C) Was reaching/talked. D) Was reaching/talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reaching/talked. 33. I went to the cinema last night. A) Past Progressive. B) Past Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Simple. 34. Sarah ..... when he ..... A) Were not waiting / arrived. B) Not waiting / arrived. C) Wasn't waiting / arrived. D) Not was waiting/ was arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't waiting / arrived. 35. ..... out last night? A) Did you go. B) Where did you. C) Were you going. D) Did you going Did you going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you go. 36. Susie ..... a car accident last Friday. A) Was having. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 37. While I ..... last night, Fred ..... to visit me. A) Study, dropping by. B) Studied, dropped by. C) Was studying, dropped by. D) Studied, drop by. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying, dropped by. 38. We were reading books. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 39. Did you ..... to the movies last weekend? A) Go. B) Gone. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 40. They were studying math ..... someone knocked on the door. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 41. The doorbell rang ..... I was sleeping. A) As. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As. 42. My parents ..... checking a document when I called them up A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 43. I ..... a new car last year. A) Was buying. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 44. It ..... last Satuday. A) Was raining. B) Rained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rained. 45. What were you doing while you were waiting? A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 46. Nobody ..... me to study the subject. My score was really bad A) Was telling. B) Told. C) Tells. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 47. What ..... when I called you? A) Was your sister doing. B) Did your sister do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was your sister doing. 48. I was taking a shower ..... the electricity went off A) While. B) When. C) So. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 49. ..... you ..... TV when I ..... you? A) Did / watch / called. B) Were / watching / called. C) Was / watching / was calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / watching / called. 50. Tarzan broke his leg ..... he was climbing a tree. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 51. It ..... yesterday at 5 pm A) Was raining. B) Rained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining. 52. Patty ..... down while she was dancing. A) Was falling. B) Fell. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 53. ..... I was playing computer games, Jim hit his arm. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 54. I was sleeping when ..... A) Somebody rang the bell. B) Somebody was ringing the bell. C) The bell was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Somebody rang the bell. 55. My roommate's parents ..... him last night while we ..... TV A) Called, were watching. B) Called, are watching. C) Was calling, watched. D) Called watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called, were watching. 56. What happened ..... they were camping? A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 57. Uncle Daniel was lying on the sand when he ..... asleep. A) Fall. B) Falling. C) Fell. D) Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell. 58. He ..... (talk) on the phone when I ..... (arrive) A) Talked-was arriving. B) Was talking-was arriving. C) Was talking-arrived. D) Talked-arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking-arrived. 59. Which is the incorrect word in the sentence below?Jerry was at his office this morning while Josephine called him to tell him his mother had and accident. A) Was. B) While. C) Called. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 60. They were eating dinner, discussing their plans, and having a good time. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 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