This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple And Past Progressive – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was walking when I saw an eagle A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 2. ..... Judy and Liz at last month's meeting? A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. I am afraid of travelling ..... ferry. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 4. While it ..... heavily outside, I ..... in my car. (rain-sit) A) Was raining-sat. B) Was raining-sitted. C) Rained-sat. D) Rained-was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining-sat. 5. 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. 6. Which of the following is a correct question in past simple? A) Are you finishing your homework?. B) Will you finish your homework?. C) Do you finish your homework?. D) Did you finish your homework?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you finish your homework?. 7. The kids ..... in the garden when it suddenly started to rain. A) Playing. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 8. I ..... tired so I ..... to sleep A) Wasn't-went. B) Was-did. C) Were-went. D) Was-went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was-went. 9. To discuss events that began and completed in the past, which tense do we use? A) Present Progressive. B) Past Progressive. C) Simple Past. D) Simple Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple Past. 10. ..... it snow in winter? A) Did. B) Do. C) Is. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does. 11. 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. 12. When her train ..... (get) to the station, we ..... (wait) on the platform. A) Got / waited. B) Was getting / waited. C) Got / were waiting. D) Was getting / were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got / were waiting. 13. 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. 14. He ..... (be) so annoying! He ..... (always leave) his things everywhere. A) Is / was always leaving. B) Was / always left. C) Was / always leaves. D) Was / was always leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / was always leaving. 15. My mom ..... last night A) Didn't work. B) Wasn't worked. C) Doesn't work. D) Didn't worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't work. 16. I ..... in Spain when I ..... my passport. (travel / lose) A) Was traveling/ lost. B) Traveling/ lost. C) Were traveling/ losing. D) Traveled/ losed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was traveling/ lost. 17. Choose the correct verb tenses to complete the sentences. Just as I ..... (get) into the bath, all the lights ..... (go) off. A) Was getting, was going. B) Was getting, went. C) Got, went. D) Got, was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was getting, went. 18. You were walking in the mountain A) Past progressive. B) Verb to be in the past. C) Present continous. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past progressive. 19. We ..... (have) a party when I ..... (take) this photo. A) Were having/took. B) Were having/ was taking. C) Had/ was taking. D) Had/took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having/took. 20. What was happening when the mixer broke down? A) I was cleaning the house. B) I was cooking dinner. C) I cooked dinner. D) I cleaned the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was cooking dinner. 21. 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. 22. '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. 23. When and where ..... you born? A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 24. Where did she ..... her boyfriend? A) Seen. B) Saw. C) See. D) Sees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) See. 25. When I ..... (arrive) at the party, everyone ..... (dance). A) Arrived, was dancing. B) Was arriving, was dancing. C) Was arriving, dancing. D) Arrived, danced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived, was dancing. 26. ..... a plate while I ..... Mum in the kitchen. (break-help) A) Was breaking-helped. B) Breaked-helped. C) Broke-was helping. D) Broke-helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke-was helping. 27. 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. 28. I ..... in Medellin last week A) Was. B) Did. C) Went. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 29. (Past Progressive) Your dog ..... with a ball when you arrived. A) Plays. B) Was playing. C) Play. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 30. At half past nine she still ..... her homework. (do) A) Did. B) Done. C) Was doing. D) None of the above. 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