This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... a bath, when my dog walked in and started barking. A) Was taking. B) Took. C) Is taking. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was taking. 2. I ..... (switch off ) the computer because it ..... (make) a strange noise. A) Switched off. B) Was making. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switched off. 3. We were paying too much for the "Disney+" suscrption when my friend ..... in a solution. A) Thinking. B) Thought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thought. 4. When and while are used ..... A) To separate Simple Past and Past Progressive sentences. B) Not to link Simple Past and Past Progressive sentences. C) To link Simple Past and Past Progressive sentences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To link Simple Past and Past Progressive sentences. 5. I ..... the dinner last Friday A) Cooks. B) Were cooking. C) Cooking. D) Cooked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooked. 6. I ..... a great time with you. A) Was having. B) Has. C) Had. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 7. When we ..... in Mom's room last night, she ..... in her sleep. A) Came-had been talking. B) Come-was talking. C) Came-has been talking. D) Came-was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came-was talking. 8. Tommy ..... to Spain when he ..... Jane A) Were travelling / meet. B) Was travelling / meet. C) Were travelling / met. D) Was travelling / met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was travelling / met. 9. What happen with the regular verbs in Simple Past? A) We add-es. B) We add-ed. C) Nothing. D) We add-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We add-ed. 10. Fill in the blank with the correct simple past form:'She (finish) her homework before dinner.' A) Finished. B) Finishes. C) Finishing. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 11. He ..... in a bank when he met Mickey Mouse. A) Was working. B) Working. C) Worked. D) Work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was working. 12. Last night, I ..... a walk with my friend Bob. A) Took. B) Taken. C) Was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took. 13. What verb tense is used for actions in progress? A) Present continuous. B) Simple past. C) Future perfect. D) Simple conditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present continuous. 14. Complete:Yesterday, while I ..... (read), my brother ..... (play). A) Yesterday, while I will read, my brother played. B) Yesterday, while I read, my brother played. C) Yesterday, while I reading, my brother played. D) Yesterday, while I read, my brother plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday, while I read, my brother played. 15. Esteban was washing the car ..... it started to rain. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 16. We ..... (go) to the park when a strange man ..... (ask) us for money. A) Were going / was asking. B) Were going / asked. C) Went / was going. D) Went / asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were going / asked. 17. I ..... to school when I ..... the accident. A) Is going/see. B) Was going/were seeing. C) Was going/saw. D) Went/ were seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was going/saw. 18. He was in the shower when the telephone ..... A) Ring. B) Ringing. C) Rang. D) Was ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 19. She was dancing ..... she hurt her ankle. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 20. Peter cut his finger ..... he was cooking dinner. A) While. B) Next. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 21. We were playing volleyball ..... you called me. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 22. .... me and my friend were walking on the street, we found a lost wallet with 5000 pesos. A) While. B) When. C) First. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 23. .... Hannia was talking with her best friend, she received a phone call. A) Why. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 24. A branch fell on my head ..... I was walking in the forest. A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 25. They ..... that we were watching them. A) Noticed. B) Were noticing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noticed. 26. While I ..... to report the accident to the policeman, someone ..... me twice. A) Had tried-was interrupting. B) Was trying-was interrupting. C) Tried-interrupted. D) . was trying-interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . was trying-interrupted. 27. How many months have 28 days? A) No one. B) February. C) All of them. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of them. 28. My best friend ..... when she ..... sick A) Was running / was feeling. B) Were running / feel. C) Were running /got. D) Was running / got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was running / got. 29. Complete:Yesterday, while we ..... (walk), it started to rain. A) Walking. B) We walked. C) We were walking. D) You walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We were walking. 30. While they ..... (try) to fix the computer, all the lights ..... (go out). A) Were trying. B) Went out. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were trying. 31. Matt ..... when he ..... a wallet A) Was running / found. B) Was runing / found. C) Was running / find. D) Were running / found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running / found. 32. Helen and I ..... looking when we crossed the road. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 33. Read and choose the correct answer.We ..... (cycle) when the rain ..... (start) A) Was cycling-started. B) Cycled-started. C) Cycked-started. D) Were cycling-started. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were cycling-started. 34. Choose the correct sentences The correct sentences in: A) My sister watched TV while his husband was playing with the children. B) My sister was watching TV while her husband was playing with the children. C) My sister was watching TV while his husband played with the children. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My sister watched TV while his husband was playing with the children. 35. Susan ..... (break) her leg while she ..... (ski). A) Was breaking / was skiing. B) Broke / skied. C) Was breaking / was skiing. D) Broke / was skiing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broke / was skiing. 36. Ann and I ..... a movie when you ..... A) Was watching / calls. B) Were watchng / called. C) Watched / called. D) Were watching / call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watchng / called. 37. We ..... (Attend) the meeting. A) Attend. B) Attended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attended. 38. My cousin ..... (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he ..... (live) in Italy. A) Met. B) Was living. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was living. 39. We ..... notes in the class A) Copien't. B) Diden't copied. C) Didn't copy. D) Copyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't copy. 40. While I ..... , my mom ..... in her bedroom. A) Was worked, were sleeping. B) Was working, was sleeping. C) Were working, was sleeping. D) Was working, slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working, was sleeping. 41. When I ..... the house, it was snowing. A) Leave. B) Was leaving. C) Left. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left. 42. What is the Simple pastcarry A) Carryied. B) Carried. C) Carries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carried. 43. Read and choose the correct answer.Nataly ..... (come) in while I ..... (surf) on the net. A) Come-surfing. B) Comed-surfed. C) Came-was surfing. D) Camed-surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came-was surfing. 44. ..... you jogging in the park last Monday? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 45. I was sitting in a cafe when you ..... A) Call. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 46. Simple Past of sleep, wake, write A) Slept, woke, wrote. B) Sleeped, waked, writed. C) Sleeping, waking, writing. D) Slept, woken, wroted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slept, woke, wrote. 47. What ..... you ..... when you ..... your leg. A) Were, doing, broke. B) Were, doing, break. C) Are, doing, broke. D) Was, doing, break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, doing, broke. 48. Identify the simple past tense in the sentence:'He wrote a letter.' A) Writing. B) Writes. C) Wrote. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrote. 49. I ..... to Australia while I ..... the last year of my career. A) Was moving, was studying. B) Moves, studied. C) Moved, was studying. D) Moved, studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moved, was studying. 50. Choose the best optionWe were in Canada, we ..... skiing almost every day A) Hiked. B) Rode. C) Went. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 51. Who painted the Mona Lisa? A) Leonardo DiCaprio. B) Diego Rivera. C) Leonardo Da Vinci. D) Frida Kahlo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leonardo Da Vinci. 52. What is the simple past run A) Ran. B) Run. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 53. Katherine won the trophy after the competition. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 54. When you want to give a good impression with an important client in a business meeting, you need to wear a professional ..... A) Custom. B) Resume. C) Attire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attire. 55. At 7pm yesterday, we ..... to music. A) Were listening. B) Listened. C) Was listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening. 56. When the light ..... out, I was having a bath. A) Went. B) Were going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 57. The victim wasn't paying attention, either. First of all, he didn't wait for the traffic light to change. He ..... against a red light when the car ..... him. A) Was crossing / hit. B) Crossed / was hit. C) Was crossing / was hitting. D) Crossed / hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was crossing / hit. 58. While the children ..... (sing) their teacher ..... (play) the piano. A) Were singing / was playing. B) Were singing / played. C) Sang / was playing. D) Sang / played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were singing / was playing. 59. The students ..... an english exam A) Took. B) Takes. C) Taked. D) Was taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took. 60. Reporter:How is the victim doing?Officer:Well, when the ambulance ..... , he ..... from a head wound, but the doctors stopped the bleeding and they think he'll be OK. A) Was arriving / bled. B) Arrived / bled. C) Arrived / was bleeding. D) Was arriving / was bleeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived / was bleeding. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Simple 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