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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A: ..... you a good student at school?B:Yes, I was. A) Was. B) Did. C) Do. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. When I saw my uncle yesterday, he ..... a new car. A) Has driven b). B) Is driving. C) Was driving. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was driving. 3. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:I ..... him when he ..... cake. A) Was sawing / eats. B) Sawing / eating. C) Saw / were eating. D) Saw / was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw / was eating. 4. While I ..... A Tale of Two Cities for Charles Dickens, the light went out. A) Reading. B) Read. C) Was reading. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was reading. 5. We ..... very hungry but we ..... too cold A) Weren't-were. B) Wasn't-were. C) Wasn't-was. D) Weren't-was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't-were. 6. As soon as we walked into the room, we ..... a noise. Someone ..... my computer. A) Heard / used. B) Were hearing / used. C) Heard / was using. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard / was using. 7. Paula ..... her arm when she ..... in the garden A) Were cutting / was working. B) Cuted / worked. C) Cut / was working. D) Cut / work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut / was working. 8. ..... you ..... Karin last week? A) Did, meet. B) Were, meet. C) Were, meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did, meet. 9. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn't believe / weren't believing me. A) Didn't belive. B) Weren't believing me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't belive. 10. We ..... playing ROBLOX WHEN English time ..... A) Started-was. B) Were-started. C) Was-started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were-started. 11. We were walking down the street when I ..... (see) a beautiful dog. A) Saw. B) Seen. C) Was seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 12. They danced last night A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 13. While we ..... to the news, the phone ..... A) Were listening, rang. B) Listened, rang. C) Were listening, the phone was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening, rang. 14. The dog ..... last night. A) Was barking. B) Barked. C) Was bark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barked. 15. Sandra was washing the dishes ..... a plate fell off the shelf. A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 16. Rose was driving very fast when the policeman ..... her A) Stopped. B) Were stopping. C) Was stopping. D) Stoped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stopped. 17. Three years ago, we were living in my home town. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 18. What ..... you do when you saw the accident yesterday morning? A) Are. B) Do. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 19. Yesterday afternoon, I ..... for a walk in the park because the weather was really nice. A) Were going. B) Went. C) Was going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 20. We were cleaning the house all morning. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 21. She (dance) at the party when he (ask) her to dance. A) She danced at the party when he asked her to dance. B) She is dancing at the party when he asked her to dance. C) She was dancing at the party when he asked her to dance. D) She was dancing at the party when he asks her to dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was dancing at the party when he asked her to dance. 22. I (watch) TV when he (arrive). A) Watched, arrived. B) Was watching, arrived. C) Was watching, was arriving. D) Watches, arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching, arrived. 23. Alison ..... for the keys when Tim ..... them last night. A) Looked, found. B) Was looking, was finding. C) Was looking, found. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was looking, found. 24. Ben ..... us while we ..... in the yard. A) Was seeing/were playing. B) Seed/were playing. C) Saw/were playing. D) Saw/was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was seeing/were playing. 25. ..... I was speaking, they were thinking of something else! A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WHILE. 26. Susan and Sam ..... it ..... to rain a week ago. A) Played, started. B) Were playing, was starting. C) Were playing, started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing, started. 27. They ..... (go) to the cinema to see The Avengers. A) Went. B) Were going. C) Goed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 28. The cat (sleep) peacefully when the dog (bark) loudly. A) The cat sleeps peacefully when the dog barks loudly. B) The cat sleeps peacefully when the dog bark loudly. C) The cat sleep peacefully when the dog bark loudly. D) The cat sleep peacefully when the dog barks loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat sleeps peacefully when the dog barks loudly. 29. She ..... all night for the exam while I ..... A) Studies, sleeps. B) Studied, was sleeping. C) Study, sleep. D) Was studying, was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was studying, was sleeping. 30. He ..... (not finish) his homework last night. A) Has not finished. B) Was not finishing. C) Did not finish. D) Hadn't written. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not finish. 31. ..... was your teacher last year? A) What. B) How. C) Who. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 32. Mary ..... a movie when she heard a strange noise. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 33. Ann ..... (wait) for me when I ..... (arrive). A) Waits / arriving. B) Was waiting / arrive. C) Is waiting / arrives. D) Was waiting / arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting / arrived. 34. He ..... his foot while he ..... football on Saturday. A) Broke, was playing. B) Was breaking, was playing. C) Was breaking, played. D) Broke, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke, was playing. 35. First, I ..... breakfast and then I ..... a shower. A) Was having/was taking. B) Had/was taking. C) Had/took. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had/took. 36. .... you eating when I phoned you last night? A) Did. B) Were. C) Have. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 37. What is the correct structure for past progressive? A) Was /were + verb-ing. B) Subject + will + verb + complement. C) Subject + going to + verb + complement. D) Subject + have + been + verb-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was /were + verb-ing. 38. You went to Anne's party!!Did you have a good time?Yes, I ..... A) Had. B) Did. C) Was. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 39. They ..... dinner when we arrived. A) Had. B) Were having. C) Having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 40. While people were talking to each other, he ..... his book. A) Is reading. B) Read. C) Reads. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 41. I ..... the vase while I ..... the bookshelf. A) Broke / was cleaning. B) Broke / cleaned. C) Was breaking / was cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke / was cleaning. 42. Tom and John were surfing over the waves while I ..... at the hotel, A) Was relaxing. B) Relaxed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was relaxing. 43. Meg ..... T.V. while her brother was doing his homework. A) Have watched. B) Was watching. C) Watched. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 44. Liz ..... windows when I ..... her A) Were cleaning/saw. B) Was cleaning/was seeing. C) Cleaned/saw. D) Was cleaning/saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cleaning/saw. 45. When ..... you ..... that story? A) Heard. B) Was hearing. C) Were hearing. D) Did hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did hear. 46. At 3 o'clock yesterday the boys ..... and sandy ..... A) Played, dance. B) Were playing, was dancing. C) Playing, danced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing, was dancing. 47. I ..... to music while she ..... a car. A) Was listening-drove. B) Listened-drove. C) Was listening-was driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening-was driving. 48. When the police ..... (arrive) at the party, the music ..... (play) very loud and everybody ..... (shout). A) Arrived/played/was shouting. B) Arrived/was playing/was shouting. C) Was arriving/played/was shouting. D) Arrived/was playing/shouted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived/was playing/was shouting. 49. WHEN their mother ..... , they ..... cleaning up the house A) Arrived-were. B) Were-arrived. C) Was-arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived-were. 50. When Mr. Thomas ..... , David was solving crossword puzzles, wasn't he? A) Was calling. B) Called. C) Call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 51. Did you ..... a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year? A) Use to take. B) Used to take. C) Take. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take. 52. People cut down so many trees A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 53. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the alarm clock rang ..... A) I woke up. B) I was eating breakfast. C) I went for a run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up. 54. We were watching a movie ..... the screen went blank. A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 55. A. Did you see Max?B. Yes. I ..... him in the cafeteria. A) Was seeing. B) Did see. C) Was see. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 56. I ..... a monkey in the park while I was walking to work. A) See. B) Did see. C) Saw. D) Was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 57. ..... she was packing the bags, I was looking for our passports. A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHILE. 58. When they ..... the soccers game, it was ..... A) Watched-rained. B) Watched-raining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched-raining. 59. After the conference, I ..... that a man ..... the walls of the building. A) Was seeing / was painting. B) Saw / was painting. C) Was seeing / painted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw / was painting. 60. While ..... (talk) on the phone, someone ..... (steal) my car. A) Talked/stole. B) Talked/was stealing. C) Was talking/was stealing. D) Was talking/stole. 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