This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... he arrive to the meeting last friday? A) Were. B) Was. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 2. Nina ..... an e-mail to Holly last week. A) Is sending. B) Sends. C) Sent. D) Was sending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sent. 3. ..... Greece last summer? A) Did you visit. B) Were you visiting. C) Was you visiting. D) Visited you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you visiting. 4. ..... you ..... sports when you were young, Grandpa? A) Would play. B) Did used to. C) Did use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did use to. 5. When Peter arrived I ..... a program about deserts. A) Were watching. B) Was watching. C) Watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 6. When the teacher ..... into the room, two boys ..... football. A) Came, were playing. B) Cames, was playing. C) Was coming, were playing. D) Came, played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came, were playing. 7. ..... you practicing Piano at home? A) Did. B) Do. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 8. Today, while we were walking, I almost stepped on a snake! A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 9. A: ..... you a good student at school?B:Yes, I was. A) Were. B) Did. C) Do. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 10. When I saw my uncle yesterday, he ..... a new car. A) Is driving. B) Was driving. C) Has driven b). D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 11. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:I ..... him when he ..... cake. A) Saw / was eating. B) Was sawing / eats. C) Saw / were eating. D) Sawing / eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw / was eating. 12. While I ..... A Tale of Two Cities for Charles Dickens, the light went out. A) Am reading. B) Was reading. C) Reading. D) Read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 13. We ..... very hungry but we ..... too cold A) Weren't-was. B) Wasn't-was. C) Wasn't-were. D) Weren't-were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weren't-were. 14. 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. 15. Paula ..... her arm when she ..... in the garden A) Cuted / worked. B) Cut / work. C) Cut / was working. D) Were cutting / was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut / was working. 16. ..... 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Jon and Bill were washing the car when they ..... their friend Alex A) Were seeing. B) Saw. C) Has see. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. The dog ..... last night. A) Was barking. B) Barked. C) Was bark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barked. 24. 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. 25. Rose was driving very fast when the policeman ..... her A) Stoped. B) Stopped. C) Was stopping. D) Were stopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 26. 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. 27. What ..... you do when you saw the accident yesterday morning? A) Do. B) Are. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 28. Yesterday afternoon, I ..... for a walk in the park because the weather was really nice. A) Went. B) Go. C) Was going. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 29. 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. 30. She (dance) at the party when he (ask) her to dance. A) She was dancing at the party when he asked her to dance. B) She danced at the party when he asked her to dance. C) She was dancing at the party when he asks her to dance. D) She is dancing at the party when he asked her to dance. 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