This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My teacher ..... when I interrupted the class A) Explaining. B) Were explaining. C) Explained. D) Was explaining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was explaining. 2. The scientists ..... in their laboratory when they ..... the new drug. A) Did work / were discovering. B) Worked / were discovering. C) Were working / discovered. D) Was working / discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were working / discovered. 3. While I ..... the dishes, my friend came home. A) Was washing. B) Washed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was washing. 4. The children ..... tennis when their granmother ..... to visit them. A) Were playing-came. B) Were play-came. C) Were playing-come. D) Was playing-came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing-came. 5. We ..... eating WHEN they ..... to play the piano. A) Was-begin. B) Were-began. C) Was-began. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were-began. 6. They (have) dinner when the power (go) out. A) They have dinner when the power goes out. B) They had dinner when the power went out. C) They were having dinner when the power goes out. D) They were having dinner when the power went out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were having dinner when the power went out. 7. Jason was studying English ..... he heard a strange noise. A) When. B) After. C) That. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 8. He (cook) dinner while she (study) for her exam. A) He (cooking) dinner while she (studying) for her exam. B) He (cooks) dinner while she (studies) for her exam. C) He (cooked) dinner while she (studies) for her exam. D) He (cook) dinner while she (studies) for her exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He (cooks) dinner while she (studies) for her exam. 9. Complete: ..... was the soccer game?it was last Thursday. A) Which. B) How. C) Why. D) Where. E) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) When. 10. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the doorbell rang ..... A) I opened the window. B) I was watching TV. C) I was taking a shower. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching TV. 11. We ..... a nice film yesterday. A) See. B) Saw. C) Was seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 12. He was cancelling his flight ..... we called him. A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 13. We ..... (hear) the score when we ..... (travel) in Florida. A) Heard/were traveling. B) Were hearing/were traveling. C) Were hearing/traveled. D) Heard/ traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard/were traveling. 14. Complete: ..... did you go last weekend?I went to Bahamas. A) When. B) Which. C) Where. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 15. I ..... when you came home last night. A) Didn't sleep. B) Wasn't sleeping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't sleeping. 16. The students were fighting ..... the teacher came in. A) As. B) While. C) When. D) As soon as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 17. Part participle of '' read" is ..... A) Read. B) Reed. C) Reab. D) Reeb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 18. They ..... (play) soccer last weekend. A) Plays. B) Playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 19. They ..... while their friend was calling his aunt. A) Was swimming. B) Were swimming. C) Swim. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were swimming. 20. I think ..... yesterday at the supermarket. Were you wearing a red dress? A) I was seeing you. B) I see you. C) I saw you. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I saw you. 21. He loud bang while he to his friend. A) Heard / was talking. B) Was hearing / was talking. C) Was hearing / talked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard / was talking. 22. ..... he was talking on the phone, I was watching TV. A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHILE. 23. Completa:they were waiting the bus when ..... A) The accident happened. B) The accident happen. C) The accident happed. D) The accident hapened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The accident happened. 24. It ..... (rain) very hard, so the referee ..... (decide) not to play the match. A) Was raining/decided. B) Rained/decided. C) Rained/was deciding. D) Was raining/was deciding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining/decided. 25. Sue ..... an old bracelet while she ..... the attic. A) Found / was cleaning. B) Finded / was cleaning. C) Founded / cleaned. D) Find / is cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found / was cleaning. 26. What was he doing this time yesterday? A) He was playing soccer. B) He is playing soccer. C) He played soccer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was playing soccer. 27. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:The mixer ..... down when I ..... dinner. A) Was breaking / cooked. B) Broke / was cooking. C) Break / cooked. D) Were breaking / were cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke / was cooking. 28. Rachelle and Ryan ..... their homework, when their father called them A) Doing. B) Were doing. C) Was doing. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 29. He (fix) his car when it (break) down. A) Fixing, breaking. B) Was fixing, breaks. C) Fixed, broke. D) Was fixing, broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was fixing, broke. 30. You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What did you do / were you doing? A) What did you do?. B) What were you doing?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What were you doing?. ← 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 5Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books