This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct form:'She ..... (run) when she suddenly fell' A) She was running. B) We will run. C) I ran. D) I will run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was running. 2. When you arrived at the party, who ..... there? A) Was. B) Were. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 3. Reporter:What was the cause of the accident, officer?Officer:Well, it looks like there were many causes. First of all, when the accident ..... , the driver ..... much too fast. A) Occured/was driving. B) Was occurring/was driving. C) Was occurred/drove. D) Occurred/was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Occurred/was driving. 4. I was having lunch when James ..... A) Arrives. B) Arriven. C) Arrive. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 5. The computer ..... fine this morning when I left for work. A) Is working. B) Was working. C) Are working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 6. While she ..... , she ..... to someone on her car phone. A) Drove / was speaking. B) Was driving / was speaking. C) Was driving / was spoke. D) Was driving / spoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving / was speaking. 7. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence: "He ..... for Mr.Marley to come home when he heard a car" A) Waited. B) Waiting. C) Wait. D) Was waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was waiting. 8. True or FalseIt's the same say:'' past progressive or Past Con tinuous A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Simple Past of sing, begin, drink A) Sang, bega, drank. B) Singing, beging, drinking. C) Singed, begined, drinked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sang, bega, drank. 10. We were playing tennis when John ..... his ankle. A) Hurt. B) Hurts. C) Hurted. D) Was hurting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt. 11. Valeria and Flavia ..... (walk) along the beach when they ..... (see) the accident. A) Was walking-seew. B) Were walking-saw. C) Walked-saw. D) Walked-seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking-saw. 12. El Was y Were se utilizan en: A) Pasado continuo. B) Pasado simple. C) Presente simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pasado continuo. 13. He ..... a shower when the telephone rang. A) Was taking. B) Were taking. C) Took. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 14. Organize:my/when/was/father/I/arrived/painting A) My father painting when I was arrived. B) I was arrived when my father painting. C) When my father arrived was painting I. D) When I was painting my father arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I was painting my father arrived. 15. Susan was practicing piano ..... it was raining outside A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 16. I (try) ..... to log on when the Wi-Fi ..... (stop) working. A) Was trying. B) Stopped. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was trying. 17. While we ..... in the park, there was an explosion. A) Were playing. B) Played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 18. My girlfriend and I ..... a picnic when I started to rain A) Were having. B) Having. C) Had. D) Was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 19. When Jane ..... (wash) her hair, her neighbour ..... (come) in. A) Washed / was coming. B) Washed / came. C) Was washing / came. D) Was washing / was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was washing / came. 20. It ..... when we left the house this morning. A) Wasn't raining. B) Didn't rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't raining. 21. I was looking for my purse when I ..... my credit card. A) Dropped. B) Drop. C) Drops. D) Droop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dropped. 22. I was so happy singing my favorite song ..... I didn't realize that my brother was recording a live video on Facebook. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 23. What are the 3 phonetic symbols that you use in the Simple Past A) /t/-/ed/-/yd/. B) /t/-/k/-/d/. C) /t/-/d/-/id/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) /t/-/d/-/id/. 24. Sorry! I ..... answer, I ..... taking a shower when you called. A) Not answered, was. B) Didn't answered, was. C) Didn't answer, am. D) Didn't answer, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't answer, was. 25. The last time I ..... (see) him, he ..... (study) to be a doctor. A) Seen / was studying. B) Saw / was studying. C) Saw / studied. D) Was seeing / was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw / was studying. 26. We ..... (play) video games when my mum, ..... (say) 'Turn the volume down!' A) Were playing. B) Said. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 27. Cual es la estructura para oraciones afirmativas en pasado progresivo? A) Sujeto + verbo en gerundio (ing) + complemento. B) Verbo en gerundio (ing) + sujeto + verbo en gerundio (ing) +complemento. C) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + verbo en gerundio (ing) + complemento. D) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + complemento. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + verbo en gerundio (ing) + complemento. 28. While the kids were playing football, Derek ..... the ball and then he broke the window.We have to run! A) Kicked. B) Kicking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kicked. 29. When he ..... the car, he ..... to push his friend out of the way, but it was too late. A) Noticed / was trying. B) Was noticing / tried. C) Was noticed / was trying. D) Noticed / tried. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noticed / tried. 30. Where did you go last weekend? A) I go out. B) No, I didn't. C) I went to the supermarket. D) Yes, I did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I went to the supermarket. 31. Marta cooked the cake ..... she ate it. A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 32. Choose the best option for the Simple Past A) About 4 years ago, I decided to travel to France. B) About 4 years ago, I was deciding to travel to France. C) I was deciding to travel to France about 4 years ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 4 years ago, I decided to travel to France. 33. Which of the following is past progressive? 'I was walking to school.' or 'I walked to school.' A) I am walking to school. B) I will walk to school. C) I have walked to school. D) I was walking to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I was walking to school. 34. You ..... Karla when you ..... studying medicine. A) Meet, was. B) Didn't meet, was. C) Met, was. D) Met, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met, were. 35. My girlfriend ..... her birthday dinner at my home when her dad ..... to congratulate her last night. A) Was having-came. B) Was having-has came. C) Had been having-came. D) Had-came. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was having-came. 36. Choose the correct option She ..... a book when the phone ..... A) Was reading-rung. B) Was reading-rang. C) Is reading-rings. D) Is reading-ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading-rang. 37. Yesterday I ..... to the library, next I had a swim, later I met Julie for coffee. A) Was going. B) Gone. C) Went. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 38. Simple Past is used for activities or events that ..... A) Began in the past but continue to the present. B) Are unfinished which started in the past and are relevant to the present. C) Began and finished at a specific time in the past. D) Finished at a time in the past which is not mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Began and finished at a specific time in the past. 39. Identify the simple past tense in the sentence:'She walked to the store.' A) Walked. B) Walked to the store. C) Walking. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 40. Identify the simple past tense in the sentence:'We visited our grandparents last weekend.' A) Visiting. B) Visited our grandparents. C) Visited. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 41. It is an action that happened in the past A) Simple Past. B) Simple Future. C) Past Perfect. D) Simple Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple Past. 42. Tu no estabas escuchando a la profesora A) You wasn't listening to the teacher. B) You weren't listening to the teacher. C) You weren't listened to the teacher. D) You weren't listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You weren't listening to the teacher. 43. What auxiliary verb is used in simple past sentences? A) Am, is, are. B) Was, were. C) Do, does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 44. Oleksandr was training very hard all year. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 45. I was ..... a TikTok when a lady looked at me so strange. A) Making. B) Create. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making. 46. They ..... a new laptop A) Buying. B) Brought. C) Was buy. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 47. Peter ..... (get) up, ..... (eat) breakfast and ..... (go) to work. A) Was getting / was eating / was going. B) Got / was eating / went. C) Got / ate / was going. D) Got / ate / went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got / ate / went. 48. Will ..... to the teacher A) Diden't speak. B) Did speak. C) Didn't spoke. D) Didn't speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't speak. 49. Earlier this week, I ..... a cooking class at the local community centre. A) Am taking. B) Took. C) Was taking. D) Have taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 50. The stupid ad interrupted the amazing video ..... my friend and I were watching a video on YouTube. A) While. B) Suddenly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 51. The mixer ..... down when I was cooking dinner. A) Broke. B) Was breaking. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 52. My sister ..... the dishes when someone ..... the door. A) Was wash / knocked. B) Was washing / was knocking. C) Was washing / knocked. D) Were washing / knocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was washing / knocked. 53. My friend and I were playing basketball ..... my sister was drawing a landscape. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 54. The friend wasn't paying attention, either. He ..... an ice cream cone while he ..... the street. A) Was eating / crossed. B) Ate / crossed. C) Ate / was crossing. D) Was eating / was crossing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was eating / was crossing. 55. What is the past of the verb "try" A) Tryid. B) Tried. C) Tryed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 56. I ..... for my science test last night. A) Studied. B) Is studying. C) Study. D) Was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 57. They ..... for the exam when the teacher ..... the door. A) Were studing / opens. B) Was studying / opened. C) Were studying / opened. D) Was studing / opens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were studying / opened. 58. Cual de las siguientes oraciones es gramaticalmente correcta? A) I wasn't sleeping, I was working!. B) I weren't sleeping, I was working!. C) I wasn't sleeping, I were working!. D) I wasn't sleepping, I was working!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wasn't sleeping, I was working!. 59. Which sentence uses the simple past tense? 'I am studying for the test.' or 'I studied for the test.' A) I am studying for the test. B) I had studied for the test. C) I will study for the test. D) I studied for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I studied for the test. 60. The girls ..... outside A) Were. B) Was. C) Being. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books