This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... (meet) a new girl in the moorning. A) Met. B) Meet. C) Meeted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met. 2. They (play) football when it (start) raining. A) They played / started. B) They were playing / started. C) They play / started. D) They are playing / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were playing / started. 3. While he ..... an e-mail, the phone rang. A) Wrote. B) Was writing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was writing. 4. I (have) ..... dinner when I suddenly (hear) ..... a loud bang. A) Had | was hearing. B) Was having | heard. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having | heard. 5. Susan ..... history when I ..... home. A) Was studying-came. B) Was studying-was coming. C) Studied-came. D) Studied-was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying-came. 6. The car (make) ..... strange noises all the way home. A) Made. B) Was making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was making. 7. Nathalie ..... in the hospital when I met her A) Worked. B) Was working. C) Works. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 8. Where are my friend ..... I most need them? A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 9. Gil ..... when she ..... her leg. A) Skied, broke. B) Was skiing, broke. C) Skied, was breaking. D) Was skiing, was breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was skiing, broke. 10. I didn't ..... a laptop. I ..... a tablet. A) Buy / bought. B) To buy / buyed. C) Bought / bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buy / bought. 11. What ..... doing at seven last night? A) Do you. B) You were. C) Did you. D) Were you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you. 12. Complete: ..... are you today? A) HOW. B) WHAT. C) WHO. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HOW. 13. At this time last year, I ..... (attend) an English course. A) Attends. B) Was attending. C) Attend. D) Attending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was attending. 14. He ..... (sleep) when the alarm went off. A) Was sleeping. B) Was sleep. C) Sleeps. D) Is sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 15. What is the past of the verb "Think" (pensar)? A) Thinkked. B) Thought. C) Though. D) Thinked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thought. 16. While I ..... (listen) to music, I ..... (hear) the door! A) Listening, were hearing. B) Was listening, heard. C) Were listening, heard. D) Listened, was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was listening, heard. 17. When they ..... the museum, the sun ..... A) Left/ was shining. B) Were leaving/ were leaving. C) Were leaving / left. D) Was leaving/ was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left/ was shining. 18. Jim ..... (wait) at one airport while Max ..... (wait) at the other. What a disaster! A) Was waiting/was waiting. B) Waited/was waiting. C) Waited/waited. D) Was waiting/waited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting/was waiting. 19. He ..... (not go) to the party last Friday. A) Didn't go. B) Hadn't gone. C) Was not going. D) Has not gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go. 20. I ..... (call) her, but she didn't answer. A) Call. B) Calling. C) Calls. D) Called. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Called. 21. ..... he was young, he used to smoke a lot A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 22. She was 30 last year. A) Present simple. B) Past simple. C) Past progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past simple. 23. Julie ..... her bedroom when she ..... a huge spider on the wall. A) Was tidying/was finding. B) Was tidying/found. C) Tidied/found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was tidying/found. 24. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When I called the police ..... A) The robber was taking the money. B) The cats took a shower. C) Sully went to the beach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The robber was taking the money. 25. I (work) on my project when the computer (crash). A) Worked, crashing. B) Is working, crashes. C) Was working, crashed. D) Will work, crashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was working, crashed. 26. Last night I ..... in the bed when I suddenly ..... a scream. A) Was reading, heard. B) Was reading, was hearing. C) Read, heard. D) Read, was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading, heard. 27. Which question is the correct? A) Where they staying?. B) What you were doing?. C) Where was she living?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where was she living?. 28. She closed the window because some children made / were making a lot of noise outside. A) Made. B) Were making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were making. 29. When my friend Harry ..... off the ladder he ..... the ceiling of his room A) Fall / paint. B) Fell / was painting. C) Fell / painted. D) Falls / was painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell / was painting. 30. I saw the thief while he ..... into my neighbor's house. A) Got. B) Get. C) Was getting. D) Were getting. 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