This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The girls ..... outside A) Goes. B) Was. C) Were. D) Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 2. I ..... a bath, when my dog walked in and started barking. A) Take. B) Was taking. C) Is taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. I ..... the dinner last Friday A) Cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Cooked. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooked. 7. I ..... a great time with you. A) Had. B) Has. C) Was having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 8. When we ..... in Mom's room last night, she ..... in her sleep. A) Come-was talking. B) Came-was talking. C) Came-had been talking. D) Came-has been talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came-was talking. 9. Tommy ..... to Spain when he ..... Jane A) Were travelling / met. B) Was travelling / met. C) Were travelling / meet. D) Was travelling / meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was travelling / met. 10. What happen with the regular verbs in Simple Past? A) We add-ing. B) We add-es. C) We add-ed. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We add-ed. 11. Fill in the blank with the correct simple past form:'She (finish) her homework before dinner.' A) Finished. B) Finishing. C) Finish. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 12. He ..... in a bank when he met Mickey Mouse. A) Work. B) Was working. C) Worked. D) Working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 13. 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. 14. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'I was reading a book when she called.' A) Was reading. B) Was calling. C) Reading a book. D) I was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 15. What verb tense is used for actions in progress? A) Present continuous. B) Simple conditional. C) Future perfect. D) Simple past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present continuous. 16. Complete:Yesterday, while I ..... (read), my brother ..... (play). A) Yesterday, while I will read, my brother played. B) Yesterday, while I read, my brother plays. C) Yesterday, while I reading, my brother played. D) Yesterday, while I read, my brother played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yesterday, while I read, my brother played. 17. 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. 18. We ..... (go) to the park when a strange man ..... (ask) us for money. A) Went / asked. B) Were going / was asking. C) Were going / asked. D) Went / was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were going / asked. 19. I ..... to school when I ..... the accident. A) Was going/saw. B) Is going/see. C) Was going/were seeing. D) Went/ were seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was going/saw. 20. He was in the shower when the telephone ..... A) Was ringing. B) Rang. C) Ringing. D) Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. 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. 24. .... 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. 25. .... 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. 26. 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. 27. The shark attacked her ..... she was surfing. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 28. 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. 29. While I ..... to report the accident to the policeman, someone ..... me twice. A) Tried-interrupted. B) Had tried-was interrupting. C) Was trying-was interrupting. D) . was trying-interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . was trying-interrupted. 30. How many months have 28 days? A) No one. B) February. C) All of them. D) I don't know. 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