This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. ..... 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. 5. Mike and Jayden ..... playing video games when the lights went out. A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 6. 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/crashed. B) Was walking/was crashing. C) Was walking//crashed. D) Walked/was crashing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked/was crashing. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. I ..... her two years ago. A) Meet. B) Meeted. C) Met. D) Meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 11. How fast ..... (you/drive) when the accident ..... (happen)? A) Were you drive/happened. B) Did you drive /happened. C) Were you driving / happened. D) You were driving/happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you driving / happened. 12. 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. 13. I ..... for Gloria company a few years ago. A) Worked. B) Works. C) Working. D) Was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 14. I was watching YouTube while A) I was having lunch. B) I had lunch. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 15. While my parents ..... , I ..... for a present for my friend. A) Were shopping, looked. B) Was shopping, looked. C) Were shopping, was looking. D) Were shopping, were looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were shopping, was looking. 16. 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. 17. While Bob ..... dinner, Ann ..... through the door A) Ate, was coming. B) Ate, come. C) Ate, came. D) Was eating, came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating, came. 18. What ..... at this time yesterday? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) Have you done have you done. D) Did you doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. ..... 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. 23. While he ..... a shower, his dogs ..... his steaks. A) Was having / was eating. B) Was having / were eating. C) Had / was eating. D) Had / ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having / were eating. 24. 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/was talking. B) Thought/was talking. C) Thinked/talked. D) Was thinking/was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was thinking/was talking. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. When my parents ..... , one of the actors ..... tricks. A) Arrived, was showing. B) Was arriving, was showing. C) Arrived, were showing. D) Was arriving, showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived, was showing. 28. 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. 29. They ..... On the floor when the fire started. A) Was sitting. B) Sitted. C) Were sitting. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sitting. 30. 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. 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