This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cynthia ..... at my joke, when the teacher walked in. A) Laughed. B) Is laughing. C) Was laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was laughing. 2. While she ..... (read) a novel, her sister ..... (turn on) the CD player. A) Was reading-turned on. B) Read-turned on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-turned on. 3. They ..... orange juice yesterday A) Drank. B) Slept. C) Cut. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank. 4. Miguel estaba estudiando A) Miguel will study. B) Miguel were studying. C) Miguel was studying. D) Miguel wasn't studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miguel was studying. 5. They ..... when they ..... a rabbit. A) Drived, saw. B) Was drive / see. C) Were driving / saw. D) Were driving / were sawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were driving / saw. 6. Peter was talking to me ..... the teacher asked him a question. A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 7. Complete:Suddenly, he ..... (see) a dog in the street. A) Saw. B) Observed. C) Looked. D) Noticed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 8. Chooose True or falsewe use When to connect a sentences in simple past A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. True or FalseWe use the simple past in the verb to write a sentences in Past Progressive A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Jennifer ..... (take) a photo of me while I ..... (not / look). A) Took / wasn't looking. B) Took / weren't looking. C) Took / didn't look. D) Takes / wasn't looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Took / wasn't looking. 11. Emily ..... her bike when the accident. A) Was riding. B) Rode. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was riding. 12. At Apple Corporation, they ..... the most creative, visionary and committed employees because they want to have the best employees working for them. A) Hire. B) Fire. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hire. 13. The teacher ..... angrybecause we were talking A) Was being. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 14. Choose the correct sentencesThe correct sentences is: A) The students were talking when the teacher was arriving. B) The students talked when the teacher was arriving. C) The students were talking when the teacher arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The students were talking when the teacher arrived. 15. Choose the correct past progressive form:'We (eat) dinner when the guests arrived.' A) Were eating. B) Eating. C) Ate dinner. D) Was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were eating. 16. Which verb is in the past progressive tense? 'They were playing soccer.' A) Were played. B) Playing soccer. C) Were play. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing. 17. We were talking ..... she had to hang up because she received an important e-mail from her boss. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 18. Martin and Eve ..... (take) photos when a strange object ..... (appear) in the sky. A) Took / was appearing. B) Were taking / appeared. C) Took / appeared. D) Were taking / was appearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were taking / appeared. 19. Choose the best question for the sentence belowI was cooking in the meantime A) Was you cooking in the meantime?. B) Are you cooking in the meantime?. C) Were you cooking in the meantime?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were you cooking in the meantime?. 20. Where is the Eiffel Tower located? A) Paris, France. B) Paris, Italy. C) Madrid, France. D) Lyon, France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris, France. 21. Joseph ..... his homework A) Diden't do. B) Did didn't. C) Did not do. D) Did not did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did not do. 22. My father ..... (read) a newspaper while his friends ..... (prepare) dinner. A) Was reading / prepared. B) Read / prepared. C) Read / was preparing. D) Was reading / were preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading / were preparing. 23. Learn:is regular or irregular verb A) Regular. B) Irregular. C) Regular and Irregular. D) Neither option. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regular and Irregular. 24. Past Progressive is used for activities or events which ..... A) Began and finished at a specific time in the past. B) Were in progress at a particular time in the past. C) Started in the past but continue up to now. D) Are in progress close in time to another action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were in progress at a particular time in the past. 25. What verb tense is used to describe the context of a past action? A) Imperfect past. B) Future imperfect. C) Perfect past. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperfect past. 26. While I ..... the exercise I ..... at my worksheet.(do/look) A) Did, was looking. B) Was doing, was looking. C) Look, did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing, was looking. 27. My dad ..... (listen) to classical music when I ..... (arrive) home from school. A) Was listening. B) Arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 28. Complete:When I was a child, I always ..... (play) in the park. A) Will play. B) Played. C) Played. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 29. Which of the following is past progressive? 'She was cooking dinner.' or 'She cooked dinner.' A) She is cooking dinner. B) She will cook dinner. C) She has cooked dinner. D) She was cooking dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was cooking dinner. 30. When you ..... (see) Paul, he ..... (wear) a black jacket? A) Saw. B) Was wearing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 31. Katherine was eating ice cream to celebrate all day. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 32. Kate ..... in the party A) Dancet. B) Danced. C) Were dancing. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danced. 33. My husband were working while I ..... a lasagna A) Were cooking. B) Cooked. C) Was cooking. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was cooking. 34. We ..... the bus. A) Was missing. B) Missing. C) Missed. D) Miss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missed. 35. I dropped my mobile phone when I ..... to school. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 36. Ellen ..... listening when the teacher spoke to her. A) Weren't. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 37. When we ..... (leave) school yesterday, it ..... (pour) with rain. A) Left. B) Was pouring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 38. I met an old friend ..... I was walking by. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 39. Which language is spoken in Canada? A) Canadian. B) English. C) Mexican. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 40. Rayshelle and Ryan ..... when their father called them A) Was doing. B) Were doing. C) Did. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were doing. 41. Past form of:Invent A) Invent. B) Invont. C) Invited. D) Invented. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invented. 42. Sue ..... her neighbors having an argument las night because she ..... the piano in her room. A) Didn't hear-was playing. B) Wasn't hearing-was playing. C) Hadn't been hearing-had been playing. D) Never hear-was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't hear-was playing. 43. He ..... (sit) down, ..... (take) a pen and paper and ..... (write) a letter. A) Was sitting / took /was writing. B) Sat / took / was writing. C) Sat / was taking / was writing. D) Sat / took / wrote. 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