This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6 (41 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... 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. 2. 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. 3. Two weeks ago, they ..... building the new bridge, and now it's open for traffic. A) Finish. B) Finished. C) Was finishing. D) Were finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished. 4. 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. 5. As I was walking in the streets of Holland, I ..... an old friend of mine. A) Were meeting. B) Met. C) Meet. D) Was meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 6. He ..... to the beach while his father was fixing his car. A) Didn't go. B) Weren't going. C) Don't go. D) Wasn't going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go. 7. While we ..... having fun, it started raining. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 8. The teacher ..... (Ask) a question while Dawson ..... (talking) with a friend. A) Asked / talked. B) Asked / was talking. C) Was asking / was talking. D) Was asking / talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was asking / was talking. 9. While I ..... (drive), it started to rain. A) Was driving. B) Driving slowly. C) Drive quickly. D) Was driving fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 10. Helen ..... (do) her weekly shopping when she ..... (meet) her old friend, June. A) Did/met. B) Were doing/met. C) Was doing/met. D) Was doing/was meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was doing/met. 11. Complete: ..... was your favorite horror movie ..... Anabell or the nun? A) Where. B) When. C) What. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 12. 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. 13. They (talk) on the phone when the doorbell (ring). A) Were talking, rang. B) Talked, rung. C) Were talking, rung. D) Was talking, rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking, rang. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. At 7.00 Tony ..... out of bed, and ..... into the bathroom. A) Was getting, was going. B) Got, was going. C) Got, went. D) Was getting, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got, went. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. StudyI ..... economics at Univeristy when I met my wife-to-be. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 20. I ..... (walk) to the store yesterday. A) Walks. B) Walked to the store yesterday. C) Walking. D) Walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walked. 21. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.He was reading a book ..... A) When the movie started. B) When the dog barked. C) When the phone rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the phone rang. 22. Princess Diana ..... in a car crash when she was only 36 years old. A) Died. B) Die. C) Dies. D) Was dying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Died. 23. I was watching TV when she ..... A) Was scaring me. B) Scared me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scared me. 24. When the doorbell rang, I ..... a book. A) Was reading. B) Read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 25. When I (do) ..... the washing-up, I (break) ..... a plate. A) Did | was breaking. B) Was doing | broke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing | broke. 26. We ..... on the street, when a tall man ..... us for the coin. A) Were walking-ask. B) Was walking-asked. C) Were walking-asked. D) Walking-asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking-asked. 27. While Dan ..... the car, his sister ..... in the garden A) Was repairing-was working. B) Repaired-was working. C) Repaired-worked. D) Was repair-was work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was repairing-was working. 28. DoWhat ..... you ..... when I called? A) Were/doing. B) Did/do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were/doing. 29. While she ..... (read), the phone rang. A) Was reading. B) Readed. C) Was reading quickly. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 30. We never ..... eat out in restaurants. A) Didn't use to. B) Use to. C) Uesd to. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uesd to. 31. Complete: ..... is she?She is my literature teacher. A) Which. B) Why. C) How. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 32. We ..... video games yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Was playing. B) Were playing. C) Were. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing. 33. The postman knocked the door ..... we were having a party. A) That. B) While. C) Where. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 34. Fernando ..... his back when he ..... a box. A) Hurt / carry. B) Hurt/ was carrying. C) Hurted / carried. D) Hurts / were carrying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hurt/ was carrying. 35. ..... I was driving, I listened to a very onteresting radio program A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHILE. 36. Which sentence has the same meaning?I got into the bath, and then the phone rang. A) I was having a bath when the phone was ringing. B) I had a bath becaus the phone was ringing. C) I was having a bath when the phone rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was having a bath when the phone rang. 37. I (study) for my exam when my friend (call) me. A) Studied, called. B) Was studying, calling. C) Was studying, called. D) Study, called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying, called. 38. The baby ..... when the telephone rang. A) Was sleeping. B) Slept. C) Were sleeping. D) Sleap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 39. What is the past of the verb "go" ? A) Want. B) Goed. C) Good. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 40. I ..... them in the street while I ..... A) Met, was shopping. B) Met, shopped. C) Was meeting, shopped. D) Was meeting, was shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Met, was shopping. 41. Paula was coming home from school ..... she saw an accident. A) While. B) When. C) As. D) As soon as. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. ← PreviousRelated 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 5Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books