This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... a lot of friendly people while he ..... in California. A) Was meeting / worked. B) Was meeting / was working. C) Met/ worked. D) Met / was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met / was working. 2. I travelled to Britain last year. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 3. I ..... your call because I was working. A) Missed. B) Was missing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missed. 4. I was watching Youtube, ..... my mother arrived. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 5. The lights went out while she was ..... in the kitchen. A) Cooks. B) Cooks. C) Cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooking. 6. When I ..... the door, it ..... A) Was opening / rained. B) Was opening /was raining. C) Opened / was raining. D) Opened / rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opened / was raining. 7. I dropped a cup while I ..... the dishes A) Was washing. B) Am washing. C) Washed. D) Washes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing. 8. We ..... an accident two years ago. A) Were having. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 9. While I was walking home, I ..... a new shop in the high street. A) Noticed. B) Was noticing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noticed. 10. It was snowing when I ..... (leave) home this morning A) Was leaving. B) Left. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left. 11. He was horseback riding ..... he broke his leg. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 12. ..... to class yesterday? A) Did you went. B) Do you go. C) Are you go. D) Did you go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you go. 13. This time last year I ..... at university. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 14. While I was washing the dishes, I suddenly ..... a brilliant idea. A) Had. B) Was having. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 15. How many people ..... (stand) in front of the company when she arrived? A) Were standing. B) Was standing. C) Standed. D) Stantsted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were standing. 16. I ..... dinner yesterday at 9:00 A) Had. B) Was having. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 17. While you ..... , your father sent the letter. A) Was writing. B) Were writing. C) Wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were writing. 18. What ..... last night at 10 pm? A) Were you doing. B) Did you do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you doing. 19. I began to study at seven last night. Fred ..... at seven-thirty. I ..... when Fred ..... A) Comestudying, was coming. B) Camestudied, came. C) Camewas studying, came. D) Was comingwas studying, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camewas studying, came. 20. The last time I ..... him, he ..... to be a doctor. A) Saw / studied. B) Saw / was studying. C) Was seeing / was studying. D) Seen / was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw / was studying. 21. While we ..... , I ..... the teacher yell "hung up" A) We're talking/heard. B) Talked/was hearing. C) Were talking/heard. D) Was talking/heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were talking/heard. 22. I will give you the money ..... you give me my merch. A) As soon as. B) Until. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as. 23. While the children ..... , their parents ..... TV. A) Was sleeping / watched. B) Slept / watched. C) Were sleeping / were watching. D) Was sleeping / were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sleeping / were watching. 24. My brother ..... when I saw him A) Was driving. B) Drove. C) Is driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 25. Yesterday at 2 p.m. we ..... lunch. A) Were eating. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were eating. 26. Nancy ..... home when she saw a car accident. A) Was driving. B) Drove. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 27. I was watching TV, when the quake ..... A) Was happening. B) Happens. C) Happened. D) Has happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happened. 28. We ..... at the table in that moment. A) Were sitting. B) Was sitting. C) Was siting. D) Were siting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sitting. 29. I ..... Math last night at 7 pm. A) Studied. B) Study. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying. 30. My mom was cleaning the house ..... I had classes A) While. B) When. C) Or. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 31. We ..... (have) the picnic when it ..... (start) to rain. A) Were having / started. B) Had / was starting. C) Having / starts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having / started. 32. I ..... (write) the e-mail when the computer suddenly ..... (go) off. A) Were writing / went. B) Wrote / was going. C) Was writing / went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was writing / went. 33. ..... uncle Daniel was riding, the horse got scared and jumped. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 34. Mike and Jayden ..... playing video games when the lights went out. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 35. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate verb form:Simple Past or Past Progressive of the verbs given in parenthesis.Jenny ..... (to walk) her do this morning when a car suddenly ..... (to crash) the tree in front of her. A) Walked/was crashing. B) Walked/crashed. C) Was walking//crashed. D) Was walking/was crashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked/was crashing. 36. Which hotel ..... (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? A) Were you staying. B) Did you stay. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you staying. 37. Where ..... last vacation?Cancun. A) Were you going. B) Did you go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you go. 38. My dad ..... to pay the electric bill yesterday A) Was forgetting. B) Forgot. C) Forgets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 39. I ..... her two years ago. A) Meeting. B) Meet. C) Meeted. D) Met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met. 40. How fast ..... (you/drive) when the accident ..... (happen)? A) You were driving/happened. B) Were you drive/happened. C) Did you drive /happened. D) Were you driving / happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you driving / happened. 41. I ..... my new job yesterday. A) Started. B) Was starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 42. I ..... for Gloria company a few years ago. A) Works. B) Was working. C) Worked. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 43. I was watching YouTube while A) I was having lunch. B) I had lunch. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 44. While my parents ..... , I ..... for a present for my friend. A) Were shopping, was looking. B) Were shopping, were looking. C) Were shopping, looked. D) Was shopping, looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were shopping, was looking. 45. Peter ..... his leg while he was playing football. A) Was breaking. B) Broke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 46. While Bob ..... dinner, Ann ..... through the door A) Ate, come. B) Ate, came. C) Was eating, came. D) Ate, was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating, came. 47. What ..... at around 8 a.m. this morning? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 48. I was going to school when I ..... the accident. A) Were seeing. B) See. C) Was seeing. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 49. The baby ..... last night at 8 pm. A) Was sleeping. B) Slept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 50. ..... out last weekend?Yes. I went to a party. A) Were you going. B) Did you go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you go. 51. While he ..... a shower, his dogs ..... his steaks. A) Had / ate. B) Was having / were eating. C) Had / was eating. D) Was having / was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having / were eating. 52. Choose the most appropriate verb form of the verb given in parenthesis to complete the following sentence.Last wee, Anne ..... (to think) about changing her career while she ..... (to talk) to her best friend. A) Thinked/talked. B) Was thinking/was talking. C) Thought/was talking. D) Thinked/was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was thinking/was talking. 53. It was a sunny afternoon and people were sitting on the grass in the park. Then it suddenly ..... (start) to rain. A) Started. B) Was starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 54. I ..... an onion when I cut my finger. A) Was slicing. B) Sliced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was slicing. 55. When my parents ..... , one of the actors ..... tricks. A) Was arriving, showed. B) Arrived, was showing. C) Was arriving, was showing. D) Arrived, were showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived, was showing. 56. Sandy was waiting for us when we got off the plane. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrupted. 57. They ..... On the floor when the fire started. A) Sitted. B) Were sitting. C) Was sitting. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sitting. 58. What ..... (you/do) at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 59. I ..... having lunch when my mom came home. A) Were. B) Am. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 60. I ..... (live) in London when I met them. A) Was living. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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