This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They (play) football when it (start) to rain. A) Are playing, started. B) Played, starting. C) Was playing, starts. D) Were playing, started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing, started. 2. I (watch) TV when he (arrive) at my house. A) I watched TV when he arrived at my house. B) I will watch TV when he arrives at my house. C) I was watching TV when he arrived at my house. D) I am watching TV when he arrives at my house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was watching TV when he arrived at my house. 3. He ..... to his friend when I saw him. A) Walked. B) Walks. C) Was walking. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was walking. 4. My daughter ..... a movie while I was cooking. A) Was watching. B) Were watching. C) Was watched. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 5. Is this sentence correct? I worked last week A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 6. Last night while Tim ..... tv Janet ..... A) Watched, arrived. B) Was watching, arrived. C) Was watching, was arriving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching, arrived. 7. She ..... doing homework WHEN her mother ..... home A) Were-arrived. B) Arrived-was. C) Was-arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-arrived. 8. He ..... (want) a new TV 5 minutes ago. A) Was wanting. B) Wanted. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 9. He ..... in the park when he ..... an explosion. A) Ran-heard. B) Was running-was hearing. C) Ran-was hearing. D) Was running-heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was running-heard. 10. You ..... fun with us yesterday. What's the matter? A) Don't have. B) Wasn't having. C) Didn't have. D) Weren't having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't have. 11. She didn't hear the doorbell because she had / was having a shower. A) Had. B) Was having. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was having. 12. Where ..... your last holiday? A) Did spend. B) Do you spend. C) You spent. D) Did you spend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you spend. 13. The mail ..... (arrive) very late today. It ..... (come) after eleven o'clock. A) Was arriving/came. B) Was arriving/was coming. C) Arrived/was coming. D) Arrived/came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived/came. 14. I was calling my mother when my phone ..... off A) Turned. B) Turning. C) Were turning. D) Was turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned. 15. Look at the picture and choose the best option.When I entered the room, ..... A) He was reading a book. B) He was talking on the phone. C) He was sleeping. D) He was playing video games. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was playing video games. 16. My mom ..... my lunch, when my brother and i ..... the homework. A) Prepared / did. B) Was preparing / did. C) Prepared / were doing. D) Was preparing / were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared / were doing. 17. I didn't wake up early this morning. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 18. While I ..... for the bus, an accident ..... A) Was waiting | was happening. B) Was waiting | happened. C) Waited | happened. D) Waited | was happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting | happened. 19. Jake looked at the weather outside:it was grey, but it ..... rain/ raining A) Didn't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 20. While he ..... (do) his homework, I was reading a magazine. A) Were doing. B) Did. C) Was doing. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing. 21. My students ..... video games when the class started A) Were playing. B) Playing. C) Was playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 22. I ..... (see) that movie last month. A) Witnessed. B) Saw. C) See. D) Viewed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 23. Choose the sentence that is not written in the past progressive tense. A) I was dying of hunger. B) My mom was frying tostones. C) The student were thinking I was crazy. D) The bird flew for 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bird flew for 4 hours. 24. It was raining heavily, when I ..... up. A) Get. B) Got. C) Was getting. D) Were getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 25. When the teacher ..... in, they were studying English. A) Was coming. B) Come. C) Were come. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 26. While they ..... (dance), the music stopped. A) Dancingly. B) Danced. C) Dance. D) Were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were dancing. 27. Noura and Aisha ..... talking, when the stranger appeared. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 28. Henry ..... his arm when he ..... tennis. A) Injured / were practicing. B) Injure / practice. C) Inured / practiced. D) Injured / was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Injured / was practicing. 29. What is the past of the verb "carry" ? A) Carried. B) Carren. C) Carryd. D) Carryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carried. 30. It ..... when I ..... home this morning. A) Was raining / left. B) Was raining / was leaving. C) Rained / was leaving. D) Raining / leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining / left. 31. We ..... down by the river when it ..... to rain. A) Were walking, started. B) Was walking, started. C) Walked, started. D) Walked, was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were walking, started. 32. Mum ..... dinner, while I was doing my exercises. A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Were cooking. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 33. She was working. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 34. We ..... a bit nervous A) Were. B) Are. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 35. The cat (sleep) when the dog (bark). A) Is sleeping. B) Slept. C) Sleeps. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sleeping. 36. While Tom ..... for a bus, he ..... an accident. A) Was waiting-saw. B) Waited-saw. C) Waited-was seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting-saw. 37. We (walk) to the park when it (begin) to snow. A) Walking, beginning. B) Were walking, began. C) Walked, begin. D) Was walking, begins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking, began. 38. ..... (you, watch) television when I called you? A) Did you watch. B) Were you watching. C) Are you watching. D) Do you watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you watching. 39. Look! You ..... an amazing photograh! A) Was taking. B) Were tooking. C) Took. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 40. I ..... video games when the phone rang. A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was playing. 41. My friends ..... me they ..... stop laughing at Tom's jokes the other night. A) Told / weren't. B) Told / couldn't. C) Tolded / couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told / couldn't. 42. When Hamad listened to music, Ahmed ..... A) Weren't sleeping. B) Didn't sleep. C) Don't sleep. D) Wasn't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wasn't sleeping. 43. Danny ..... to school a week ago A) Was walking. B) Walking. C) Walked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 44. They ..... (eat) dinner when I arrived. A) Ate. B) Were eating. C) Are eating. D) Will eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were eating. 45. My father and I ..... a picnic when It started to rain A) Having. B) Were having. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having. 46. A:I tried to explain my problem to her. B: ..... ? A) Did she listen?. B) Did she listening?. C) Was she listening?. D) Was she listen?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she listen?. 47. What ..... you ..... at ten yesterday? A) Was/ did. B) Did/ did. C) Were / doing. D) Did / doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / doing. 48. Sue ..... her hand when she ..... dinner A) Buned / cooked. B) Burn / was cooking. C) Were burn / were cooking. D) Burn / cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burn / was cooking. 49. This morning, we got up early and ate a big breakfast A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 50. 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. 51. She ..... English with her friends last week. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) Study. D) Were studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 52. What ..... you do at school yesterday? A) Are. B) Go. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 53. 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. 54. Meg ..... a book all day yesterday. A) Is reading. B) Was reading. C) Has read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 55. Did you ..... to the cinema last weekend? A) Gone. B) Went. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 56. Laura ..... a glass while she ..... the dishes. A) Broke / washed. B) Was breaking / was washing. C) Broke/ was washing. D) Was breaking / washed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke/ was washing. 57. 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. 58. I ..... a lot of candies when I was a little girl. Now I prefer fruits and vegetables. A) Used to eat. B) Used to ate. C) Ate. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to eat. 59. When daddy ..... the door, the children ..... homework. A) Opened-were doing. B) Were opening-did. C) Opened-was doing. D) Was opening-did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opened-were doing. 60. My mother ..... all my clothes last weekend. A) Did wash. B) Washed. C) Were washing. D) Was washing. 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