This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Complete:When I was a child, I always ..... (play) in the park. A) Will play. B) Played. C) Play. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 3. Which of the following is past progressive? 'She was cooking dinner.' or 'She cooked dinner.' A) She will cook dinner. B) She was cooking dinner. C) She is cooking dinner. D) She has cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking dinner. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Kate ..... in the party A) Danced. B) Were dancing. C) Dancet. D) Dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danced. 7. My husband were working while I ..... a lasagna A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Were cooking. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 8. We ..... the bus. A) Miss. B) Was missing. C) Missed. D) Missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missed. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Which language is spoken in Canada? A) Canadian. B) English. C) Italian. D) Mexican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 14. 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. 15. Past form of:Invent A) Invent. B) Invented. C) Invited. D) Invont. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invented. 16. Sue ..... her neighbors having an argument las night because she ..... the piano in her room. A) Never hear-was playing. B) Wasn't hearing-was playing. C) Hadn't been hearing-had been playing. D) Didn't hear-was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't hear-was playing. 17. He ..... (sit) down, ..... (take) a pen and paper and ..... (write) a letter. A) Sat / took / wrote. B) Sat / took / was writing. C) Was sitting / took /was writing. D) Sat / was taking / was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat / took / wrote. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books