This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She was teaching while she was making dinner. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 2. The children ..... when their father came home A) Play. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 3. ..... I called home, my brother picked up the phone. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 4. While Ellen ..... (read), Tomas ..... (watch) TV. A) Were reading / was watching. B) Was reading / was watching. C) Read / was watching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading / was watching. 5. I ..... the house while I ..... to music. A) Was cleaning-was listening. B) Cleaned-listened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cleaning-was listening. 6. I wasn't paying attention while I was writing the letter. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 7. I ..... a terrible accident last weekend. A) Was having. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 8. He was reading a new book for an hour. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 9. I ..... (watch) when she ..... (call). A) Watched / called. B) Watching / was calling. C) Was watching / called. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching / called. 10. The children ..... all night. A) Slept. B) Sleeped. C) Was sleeping. D) Were sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were sleeping. 11. ..... you ..... (listen) while he ..... (talk)? A) Were / listening / was talked. B) Was / listened / was talking. C) Were / listening / was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were / listening / was talking. 12. My friend got wet while he ..... hiking last month. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. My sister ..... in Spain many years ago. A) Was living. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 14. Jennifer ..... a photo of me while I ..... A) Takes / wasn't looking. B) Took / weren't looking. C) Took / wasn't looking. D) Took / didn't look. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took / wasn't looking. 15. I ..... pizza when the baby started to cry. A) Was eating. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was eating. 16. ..... I was doing my homework, my brother was watching TV. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 17. Tina ..... and hit his head. A) Was falling. B) Were falling. C) Fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell. 18. He ..... his dinner on the table. A) Leave. B) Leaved. C) Leaving. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 19. He ..... (live) in Russia when the Revolution ..... (start). A) Lived / was starting. B) Was living / was starting. C) Was living / started. D) Lived / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was living / started. 20. They ..... to music when I arrived. A) Were listening. B) Listened. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening. 21. She ..... a horror movie. That is why she cannot get to sleep. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Watches. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 22. Choose the most appropriate clause to complete the following sentence ..... while Tim and Junior were having fun. A) Jackie went to the supermarket. B) Helen was cooking dinner. C) Addie were in the kitchen. D) Meredith were taking a shower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helen was cooking dinner. 23. The other driver ..... on the phone while he hit my car. A) Was talking. B) Talked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 24. Which is the incorrect option the the sentence below.Alex carried a heavy bag and complaining throughout the airport when some children ran into him and fell. A) Carried. B) Complaining. C) Ran. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carried. 25. While we ..... , we ..... Mr Brown. A) Was shopping, was meeting. B) Were shopping, was meeting. C) Were shopping, met. D) Was shopping, met. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were shopping, met. 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