This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. A. Did you see Max?B. Yes. I ..... him in the cafeteria. A) Was seeing. B) Saw. C) Did see. D) Was see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 5. I ..... a monkey in the park while I was walking to work. A) Was seeing. B) Saw. C) See. D) Did see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 6. ..... 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. While ..... (talk) on the phone, someone ..... (steal) my car. A) Talked/was stealing. B) Talked/stole. C) Was talking/was stealing. D) Was talking/stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking/was stealing. 10. They (play) football when it (start) to rain. A) Are playing, started. B) Played, starting. C) Were playing, started. D) Was playing, starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing, started. 11. I (watch) TV when he (arrive) at my house. A) I will watch TV when he arrives at my house. B) I was watching TV when he arrived at my house. C) I watched TV when he arrived at my house. D) I am watching TV when he arrives at my house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was watching TV when he arrived at my house. 12. He ..... to his friend when I saw him. A) Walked. B) Was walking. C) Walking. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was walking. 13. My daughter ..... a movie while I was cooking. A) Were watching. B) Watched. C) Was watching. D) Was watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. He ..... in the park when he ..... an explosion. A) Was running-heard. B) Was running-was hearing. C) Ran-heard. D) Ran-was hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running-heard. 19. You ..... fun with us yesterday. What's the matter? A) Weren't having. B) Don't have. C) Wasn't having. D) Didn't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't have. 20. 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. 21. Where ..... your last holiday? A) Did you spend. B) Do you spend. C) Did spend. D) You spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you spend. 22. The mail ..... (arrive) very late today. It ..... (come) after eleven o'clock. A) Arrived/came. B) Was arriving/was coming. C) Arrived/was coming. D) Was arriving/came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived/came. 23. I was calling my mother when my phone ..... off A) Were turning. B) Was turning. C) Turned. D) Turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turned. 24. Look at the picture and choose the best option.When I entered the room, ..... A) He was playing video games. B) He was talking on the phone. C) He was reading a book. D) He was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was playing video games. 25. My mom ..... my lunch, when my brother and i ..... the homework. A) Was preparing / did. B) Prepared / did. C) Prepared / were doing. D) Was preparing / were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepared / were doing. 26. My father was dancing when he ..... and fell on the floor A) Slipped. B) Were slipping. C) Was slipping. D) Sliped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slipped. 27. 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. 28. While I ..... for the bus, an accident ..... A) Waited | happened. B) Was waiting | was happening. C) Was waiting | happened. D) Waited | was happening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was waiting | happened. 29. 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. 30. While he ..... (do) his homework, I was reading a magazine. A) Done. B) Was doing. C) Did. D) Were doing. 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