This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.She was studying ..... A) When the phone rang. B) When the sun set. C) When the cat meowed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the phone rang. 2. She ..... English with her friends last week. A) Was studying. B) Were studying. C) Study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studied. 3. What ..... you do at school yesterday? A) Are. B) Did. C) Go. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 4. George ..... off the ladder while he ..... the ceiling. A) Fell, painted. B) Was falling, was painting. C) Fell, was painting. D) Was falling, painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell, was painting. 5. The kids ..... in the garden when it suddenly began to rain. A) Played. B) Play. C) Playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 6. Meg ..... a book all day yesterday. A) Has read. B) Was reading. C) Is reading. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 7. Did you ..... to the cinema last weekend? A) Gone. B) Go. C) Going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 8. Laura ..... a glass while she ..... the dishes. A) Broke/ was washing. B) Was breaking / was washing. C) Broke / washed. D) Was breaking / washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke/ was washing. 9. Last week I ..... when Anna ..... the door. A) Was chooking, opended. B) Cooked, opened. C) Were cooking, opened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was chooking, opended. 10. I ..... a lot of candies when I was a little girl. Now I prefer fruits and vegetables. A) Used to ate. B) Eaten. C) Ate. D) Used to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Used to eat. 11. When daddy ..... the door, the children ..... homework. A) Were opening-did. B) Opened-were doing. C) Was opening-did. D) Opened-was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opened-were doing. 12. My mother ..... all my clothes last weekend. A) Washed. B) Did wash. C) Was washing. D) Were washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washed. 13. ..... we lived in London, we met many interesting people A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WHEN. 14. I ..... (work) during the English class. A) Was working. B) Were working. C) Worked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was working. 15. Two weeks ago, they ..... building the new bridge, and now it's open for traffic. A) Finished. B) Were finishing. C) Finish. D) Was finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 16. My parents didn't call me yesterday. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 17. As I was walking in the streets of Holland, I ..... an old friend of mine. A) Meet. B) Was meeting. C) Met. D) Were meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 18. He ..... to the beach while his father was fixing his car. A) Weren't going. B) Wasn't going. C) Don't go. D) Didn't go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't go. 19. While we ..... having fun, it started raining. A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 20. The teacher ..... (Ask) a question while Dawson ..... (talking) with a friend. A) Asked / talked. B) Was asking / was talking. C) Was asking / talked. D) Asked / was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was asking / was talking. 21. While I ..... (drive), it started to rain. A) Was driving. B) Drive quickly. C) Driving slowly. D) Was driving fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 22. Helen ..... (do) her weekly shopping when she ..... (meet) her old friend, June. A) Were doing/met. B) Was doing/met. C) Was doing/was meeting. D) Did/met. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing/met. 23. Complete: ..... was your favorite horror movie ..... Anabell or the nun? A) When. B) Which. C) What. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which. 24. Sam wasn't lying when he ..... he loved you. A) Say. B) Said. C) Was saying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 25. They (talk) on the phone when the doorbell (ring). A) Were talking, rung. B) Talked, rung. C) Were talking, rang. D) Was talking, rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were talking, rang. 26. I ..... to Lima all day last Friday. A) Weren't traveling. B) Wasn't travel. C) Wasn't traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't traveling. 27. Goofy was writing a letter. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 28. At 7.00 Tony ..... out of bed, and ..... into the bathroom. A) Got, was going. B) Was getting, went. C) Got, went. D) Was getting, was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got, went. 29. When my cell phone ..... , I was cooking lunch. A) Was ringing. B) Rang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 30. The boy ..... walking WHEN he ..... a house. A) Was-see. B) Were-seeing. C) Was-saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-saw. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books