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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the NEGATIVE PAST SIMPLE form of HAVE A) Didn't have. B) Hasn't. C) Didn't has. D) Haven't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't have. 2. He ..... that picture because the woman in it ..... A) Boughtwas smiling. B) Buysmile. C) Was buying smile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boughtwas smiling. 3. WE ..... (LOVE) GOING ON ETHNO-TOURISM TOURS AROUND THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR. A) LOVES. B) LOVING. C) LOVE. D) LOVED. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) LOVE. 4. When I ..... (leave) the house, it ..... (snow). A) Left / snowed. B) Left / was snowing. C) Was leaving / snowed. D) Leaving / was snowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left / was snowing. 5. Choose the correct answer:What did you do yesterday? A) I cooked and I went to the park. B) I went to the bank and in the afternoon I staied at home. C) I played the piano and I worked in the night. D) I was dance and I was watch tv. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I cooked and I went to the park. 6. I usually go ..... school bus. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 7. I ..... (READ) A SCI-FICTION BOOK ABOUT A NEW SOCIETY AT THE END OF OUR GALAXY, BUT IT IS A BIT LONG. A) TO READ. B) READ. C) AM READING. D) IS READING. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AM READING. 8. I ..... (do) my homework yesterday morning. A) Doed. B) Did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 9. What is the past simple form of the verb 'go'? A) Went. B) Gone. C) Goed. D) Goed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 10. Choose the correct answer for each question:What were you doing yesterday at 8:00 a.m.? A) I was swimming. B) I swam. C) I am going to swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was swimming. 11. I ..... when someone ..... my lunchbox yesterday. (play-steal) A) Was playing-was stole. B) Was playing-stole. C) Played-stole. D) Am playing-was stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing-stole. 12. They first met ..... a train. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 13. While he ..... , he ..... his wallet. (shop-lose) A) Shopped-was losing. B) Shopping-lost. C) Was shopping-lost. D) Was shoping-lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was shopping-lost. 14. They wanted to ..... a movie, but there were no more tickets. A) Saw. B) Seeimg. C) See. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 15. LAST NIGHT THEY ..... TENNIS. A) WAS PLAYING. B) WERE PLAYING. C) ARE PLAYING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WERE PLAYING. 16. The police ..... while I ..... breakfast. A) Was arriving/ had. B) Arrived/ had. C) Was arriving/ was having. D) Arrived/ was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived/ was having. 17. What is the past simple form of the verb 'play'? A) Play. B) Playly. C) Playful. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 18. ..... you doing your homework at six o'clock last night? A) Did. B) Have. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 19. Going ..... foot is good for your health. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 20. (Past Progressive)My father was dancing with Lida when he ..... A) Fell down. B) Were exercising. C) Was eating. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell down. 21. On holiday we ..... (visit) Rome, ..... (see) the Vatican, and ..... (spend) a few days at the beach. A) Visited / saw / spent. B) Were visiting / saw / spent. C) Visited / were seeing / spent. D) Were visiting / were seeing / were spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visited / saw / spent. 22. The abandoned cars are rusting away behind the barn. A) Past progressive. B) Past perfect. C) Present progressive. D) Present perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 23. Yesterday, I ..... to the movies with my wife. A) Was going. B) Went. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 24. What is the PAST SIMPLE of SWIM A) Swan. B) Swimmed. C) Swam. D) Swimed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swam. 25. They ..... (live) in Germany when they ..... (be) young. A) Lived / were. B) Lived / were being. C) Were living / was. D) Were living / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived / were. 26. Why weren't the boys playing? A) The boys weren't playing because it was sunny. B) The boys didn't play because it was sunny. C) The boys weren't playing because it rained. D) The boys didn't play because it rained. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boys didn't play because it rained. 27. What is the past simple form of the verb 'eat'? A) Ate. B) Eated. C) Eaten. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 28. When my sister ..... the camera, ..... it.I A) Was use broken. B) Were usingbreak. C) Wasn't usingbroke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't usingbroke. 29. I didn't see a play yesterday. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 30. I used my time well while I (wait) ..... for my plane-I wrote some emails. A) Were waiting. B) Waited. C) Was waiting. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was waiting. 31. When you ..... over the cliff, what ..... next? A) Felt/ was happening. B) Fell/ happened. C) Were falling/ happened. D) Felt/ happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell/ happened. 32. Susan ..... lunch when someone ..... the doorbell. (have, ring) A) Was preparing-rang. B) Was prepareing-rang. C) Was preparing-ringed. D) Prepared-was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was preparing-rang. 33. Omar ..... to the mall a week ago. A) Go. B) Goed. C) Went. D) Wented. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 34. Simple past of come A) Coming. B) Came. C) Camed. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 35. The TV was on, but nobody ..... it. A) Wathes. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 36. I ..... in Rome for ten years while I ..... a child. A) Lived, was. B) Was living, was. C) Lived, had been. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived, was. 37. Who was that nice girl you ..... to when I ..... by the pub? A) Were talking/ was walking. B) Talked/ was walking. C) Were talking/walked. D) Talked/walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were talking/walked. 38. What is the negative? Leonardo did his homework A) Leonardo did not his homework. B) Leonardo didn't do his homework. C) Leonardo didn't his homework. D) Leonardo didn't make his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leonardo didn't do his homework. 39. Which of the following sentences is the CORRECT Simple Present form? A) She takes the train to the city for work each day. B) I likes chocolate more than vanilla. C) We woke up everyday at 5:00 am to jog. D) He was enjoying his pasta at lunch time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She takes the train to the city for work each day. 40. What did I see when he ate the cakes? A) I saw him when he was eating the cakes. B) I saw him when he ate the cakes. C) I was seeing him when he was eating the cakes. D) I was seeing him when he ate the cakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw him when he ate the cakes. 41. My father ..... a novel while I ..... TV. A) Read / watched. B) Was reading / was watching. C) Were reading / was watching. D) Was read / was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / was watching. 42. She ..... (tidy) her room an hour ago. A) Tidyd. B) Tidied. C) Tidyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidied. 43. Last year, I was studying for the exams. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 44. I met James ..... I was talking to John. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 45. Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 46. Did you have dinner last night? A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 47. 1 I ..... to the radio when I ..... this fantastic song. A) Listening-was hearing. B) Heard / listened. C) Was listening-heard. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening-heard. 48. I was walking when you ..... A) Called. B) Calling. C) Call. D) Cal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 49. Last night i ..... up at 4 o'clock and unfortunately I ..... fall sleep again A) Wokecouldn't. B) Wakewasn't. C) Wakescan't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wokecouldn't. 50. She ..... (read) a book when the phone ..... (ring). A) Was reading, was ringing. B) Read, rang. C) Was reading, rang. D) Read, was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading, rang. 51. We ..... happy after the sad ending. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 52. Alex didn't ..... last weekend. A) Working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work. 53. WE ..... WORRIED ABOUT YOU YESTERDAY BECUASE YOU ..... TO CALL. A) WERE/PROMISED. B) WAS/ARE PROMISING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WERE/PROMISED. 54. We have to add ing in the verb A) Past perfect. B) Past continous. C) Simple past. D) Simple present. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past continous. 55. What was she doing when the postman came? A) She was doing her hair. B) She cooked dinner. C) She did her hair. D) She watched TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was doing her hair. 56. While goes with ..... A) Long actions (past progressive). B) Short actions (simple past). C) Both long and short actions. D) Actions in the present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long actions (past progressive). 57. What verb tense is the following sentence?:The students are reading a book about famous women. A) Simple Present. B) Present Progressive. C) Past Progressive. D) Simple Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present Progressive. 58. The past of find A) Finded. B) Finding. C) Fond. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Found. 59. When she ..... , I was cooking. A) Call. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 60. While we ..... the football match, he ..... to bed. A) Watchinggoing. B) Were watchingwent. C) Was watchinggo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watchingwent. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 1Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 2Past 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