This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple And Past Progressive – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am afraid of travelling ..... ferry. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 2. While it ..... heavily outside, I ..... in my car. (rain-sit) A) Rained-was sitting. B) Was raining-sitted. C) Rained-sat. D) Was raining-sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining-sat. 3. While my son was playing videogames, I was sleeping in his bedroom. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 4. Which of the following is a correct question in past simple? A) Will you finish your homework?. B) Are you finishing your homework?. C) Do you finish your homework?. D) Did you finish your homework?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you finish your homework?. 5. The kids ..... in the garden when it suddenly started to rain. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Played. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 6. I ..... tired so I ..... to sleep A) Wasn't-went. B) Was-went. C) Were-went. D) Was-did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was-went. 7. To discuss events that began and completed in the past, which tense do we use? A) Past Progressive. B) Simple Past. C) Simple Present. D) Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Past. 8. ..... it snow in winter? A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 9. I was reading a book ..... I heard a voice A) While. B) When. C) And. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 10. When her train ..... (get) to the station, we ..... (wait) on the platform. A) Got / were waiting. B) Got / waited. C) Was getting / were waiting. D) Was getting / waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got / were waiting. 11. Which of the following is the correct use of 'were' in past progressive? A) They was playing football. B) They were play football. C) They were played football. D) They were playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were playing football. 12. He ..... (be) so annoying! He ..... (always leave) his things everywhere. A) Was / was always leaving. B) Is / was always leaving. C) Was / always leaves. D) Was / always left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was / was always leaving. 13. My mom ..... last night A) Wasn't worked. B) Didn't worked. C) Doesn't work. D) Didn't work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't work. 14. I ..... in Spain when I ..... my passport. (travel / lose) A) Traveling/ lost. B) Were traveling/ losing. C) Was traveling/ lost. D) Traveled/ losed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was traveling/ lost. 15. Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences. Just as I ..... (get) into the bath, all the lights ..... (go) off. A) Got, went. B) Was getting, was going. C) Was getting, went. D) Got, was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was getting, went. 16. You were walking in the mountain A) Verb to be in the past. B) Simple past. C) Past progressive. D) Present continous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past progressive. 17. We ..... (have) a party when I ..... (take) this photo. A) Were having/took. B) Had/ was taking. C) Had/took. D) Were having/ was taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having/took. 18. What was happening when the mixer broke down? A) I cooked dinner. B) I cleaned the house. C) I was cooking dinner. D) I was cleaning the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was cooking dinner. 19. WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? YOU SEEM TIRED. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 20. 'Did you meet James yesterday?' 'Yes, I ..... him.' A) Met. B) Was meeting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 21. When and where ..... you born? A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 22. Where did she ..... her boyfriend? A) Seen. B) Sees. C) Saw. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 23. When I ..... (arrive) at the party, everyone ..... (dance). A) Arrived, was dancing. B) Was arriving, dancing. C) Was arriving, was dancing. D) Arrived, danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived, was dancing. 24. ..... a plate while I ..... Mum in the kitchen. (break-help) A) Breaked-helped. B) Broke-was helping. C) Broke-helped. D) Was breaking-helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke-was helping. 25. I'M TRYING TO CALL THE HOTEL RECEPTION, IT'S RINGING. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 26. I ..... in Medellin last week A) Was. B) Went. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 27. (Past Progressive) Your dog ..... with a ball when you arrived. A) Play. B) Was playing. C) Were playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 28. At half past nine she still ..... her homework. (do) A) Did. B) Done. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 29. Which of the following is the correct use of 'was' in past progressive? A) I was running. B) I was runned. C) I was runs. D) I was run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was running. 30. WILLIAM ALWAYS SEAFOOD ON BEACH VACATIONS. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 31. What is the PAST SIMPLE of READ A) Readed. B) Read. C) Red. D) Reed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 32. Where ..... La llorona last night? A) Was. B) Cried. C) Cry. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 33. I ..... my first footbal match while I ..... in New York. A) Saw/ lived. B) Was seeing/ was living. C) Saw/ was living. D) Saw/ living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw/ was living. 34. Erika and Bryan ..... dinner A) Weren't cooked. B) Didn't cook. C) Wasn't cook. D) Weren't cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't cook. 35. What is the mistake? Choose the correct verb form:What did he see while he swam? A) Seeing/ was swiming. B) Saw/ was swiming. C) See/ was swiming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See/ was swiming. 36. Which of the following is a correct negative sentence in past progressive? A) They was not playing. B) They were playing not. C) They not were playing. D) They were not playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were not playing. 37. HAYDE ..... (WEAR) A UNIFORM AT SCHOOL EXCEPTS ON FRIDAYS. A) TO WEAR. B) WEARS. C) IS WEARING. D) WEAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WEARS. 38. What is the question: ..... ?My mother worked at the hospital A) Where did her work?. B) Did she work at the hospital?. C) Where did his mother work?. D) Where did your mother work?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where did your mother work?. 39. We ..... our school when he came in. A) Were talked. B) Were talking. C) Talking. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were talking. 40. I ..... a terrible dream last night. (have) A) Was having. B) Had. C) Have. D) Am having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 41. While the scientist ..... in his laboratory, a friend ..... to see him. (work / come) A) Worked/ came. B) Were working/ came. C) Was working/ came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working/ came. 42. What was my son doing when he found a coin? A) He was playing with toys. B) He was finding a coin. C) He found a coin. D) He played video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He found a coin. 43. You ..... sick yesterday A) Was. B) Wasn't. C) Were. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 44. We ..... to the station but the train ..... in that moment . A) Ran, was leaving. B) Ran, left. C) Were running, left. D) Were running. was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were running. was leaving. 45. Choose the correct answer for each question:Did you dance yesterday? A) Yes. I was. B) No, I didn't. C) Yes, I do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, I didn't. 46. My parents ..... at home the whole weekend A) Was. B) Didn't be. C) Weren't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weren't. 47. LOOK! THA FAUCET IS ON AND THEY ..... (WASTE) LOTS AND LOTS OF WATER. A) WASTED. B) WASTES. C) ARE WASTING. D) TO WASTE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ARE WASTING. 48. An action that happened before and finished A) Past progressive. B) Simple present. C) Verb to be. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple past. 49. I ..... (not listen) to you when you ..... (ask) me the question. A) Didn't listen/were asking. B) Wasn't listenning/ asked. C) Didn't listened/ were asking. D) Wasn't listening / asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't listening / asked. 50. What is the affirmative? She didn't study last night A) She studied last nigth. B) She studied last night. C) She did studied last night. D) She studyed last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She studied last night. 51. Today ..... Shining. A) Didn't. B) Doesn't. C) Isn't. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isn't. 52. My boyfriend ..... when he ..... my mother. A) Was joggingmet. B) Were jogmeeting. C) Was jogging was meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was joggingmet. 53. Hi Diane! Do you remember me? We ..... at the baskeball match last Saturday while our children ..... A) Met/ were playing. B) Played/ met. C) Were meeting / played. D) Were meeting/ were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met/ were playing. 54. Choose the correct answer for each question:Are you choosing the correct answer? A) No, I don't. B) Yes, I did. C) Yes, I am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, I am. 55. WHEN SPANISH PEOPLE FIRST ..... IN THE COUNTRY, THEY ..... SURPRISED WITH THE TRIBE'S TRADITIONS. A) ARRIVED/WERE. B) ARRIVE/ WERE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ARRIVED/WERE. 56. Is this sentence correct? Your brother were at home last night A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 57. What is the negative? Lorena had an accident A) Lorena didn't have an accident. B) Lorena hadn't an accident. C) Lorena hasn't an accident. D) Lorena didn't an accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lorena didn't have an accident. 58. Why was the teacher angry? A) The teacher was angry because we talked. B) The teacher was being angry because we talked. C) The teacher was angry because we were talking. D) The teacher was being angry because we were talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The teacher was being angry because we were talking. 59. What ..... you eat for lunch yesterday? A) Do. B) Did. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 60. (Past Progressive) Sofia ..... her homework when Henry called. A) Doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 1Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 3Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 4Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books