This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My best friend ..... when she ..... sick A) Was running / got. B) Were running /got. C) Was running / was feeling. D) Were running / feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was running / got. 2. Complete:Yesterday, while we ..... (walk), it started to rain. A) Walking. B) We walked. C) You walked. D) We were walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We were walking. 3. What ..... at 10pm last night?-it was really noisy A) Were doing. B) Was they doing. C) Were they doing. D) Was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were they doing. 4. 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. 5. Matt ..... when he ..... a wallet A) Was running / find. B) Were running / found. C) Was running / found. D) Was runing / found. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was running / found. 6. 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. 7. Read and choose the correct answer.We ..... (cycle) when the rain ..... (start) A) Cycked-started. B) Were cycling-started. C) Cycled-started. D) Was cycling-started. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were cycling-started. 8. 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. 9. Susan ..... (break) her leg while she ..... (ski). A) Broke / was skiing. B) Was breaking / was skiing. C) Was breaking / was skiing. D) Broke / skied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke / was skiing. 10. 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. 11. We ..... (Attend) the meeting. A) Attend. B) Attended. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attended. 12. 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. 13. We ..... notes in the class A) Diden't copied. B) Copien't. C) Didn't copy. D) Copyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't copy. 14. While I ..... , my mom ..... in her bedroom. A) Were working, was sleeping. B) Was working, was sleeping. C) Was worked, were sleeping. D) Was working, slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working, was sleeping. 15. When I ..... the house, it was snowing. A) Was leaving. B) Leave. C) Leaving. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 16. What is the Simple pastcarry A) Carryied. B) Carried. C) Carries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carried. 17. Read and choose the correct answer.Nataly ..... (come) in while I ..... (surf) on the net. A) Comed-surfed. B) Come-surfing. C) Camed-surfing. D) Came-was surfing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came-was surfing. 18. ..... you jogging in the park last Monday? A) Didn't. B) Was. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 19. I was sitting in a cafe when you ..... A) Call. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 20. 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. 21. What ..... you ..... when you ..... your leg. A) Were, doing, broke. B) Were, doing, break. C) Was, doing, break. D) Are, doing, broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were, doing, broke. 22. Identify the simple past tense in the sentence:'He wrote a letter.' A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Writing. D) Writes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 23. I ..... to Australia while I ..... the last year of my career. A) Moved, studied. B) Moves, studied. C) Was moving, was studying. D) Moved, was studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moved, was studying. 24. Choose the best optionWe were in Canada, we ..... skiing almost every day A) Went. B) Hiked. C) Go. D) Rode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. 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. 28. 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. 29. At 7pm yesterday, we ..... to music. A) Was listening. B) Were listening. C) Listened. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were listening. 30. When the light ..... out, I was having a bath. A) Went. B) Were going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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