This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I saw you driving down Green Street yesterday! Where ..... ? A) Did you go. B) Were you going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you going. 2. At 6 p.m. yesterday it ..... dark. A) Already got. B) Was already getting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was already getting. 3. I ..... while I listened to music A) Was reading. B) Read. C) Am reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 4. You ..... the English class very well this morning. A) Understanding. B) Was understanding. C) Were understanding. D) Are understandig. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were understanding. 5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after that.When he ..... home, I ..... to my mother on the phone A) Came, was talking. B) Came, were talking. C) Was coming, was talking. D) Came, talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came, was talking. 6. I ..... for my exam when the light went out. A) Was studying. B) Studied. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 7. As I ..... The door, I came across Natalie. She ..... to me for a few minutes. A) Was reaching/talks. B) Was reaching/talked. C) Reaching/ talked. D) Reaching/was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reaching/talked. 8. I went to the cinema last night. A) Past Progressive. B) Past Simple. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Simple. 9. Sarah ..... when he ..... A) Wasn't waiting / arrived. B) Not waiting / arrived. C) Were not waiting / arrived. D) Not was waiting/ was arriving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't waiting / arrived. 10. ..... out last night? A) Did you go. B) Were you going. C) Where did you. D) Did you going Did you going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you go. 11. Susie ..... a car accident last Friday. A) Was having. B) Had. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 12. While I ..... last night, Fred ..... to visit me. A) Studied, drop by. B) Was studying, dropped by. C) Study, dropping by. D) Studied, dropped by. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying, dropped by. 13. We were reading books. A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 14. Did you ..... to the movies last weekend? A) Went. B) Gone. C) Going. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 15. They were studying math ..... someone knocked on the door. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 16. The doorbell rang ..... I was sleeping. A) As. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As. 17. My parents ..... checking a document when I called them up A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 18. I ..... a new car last year. A) Was buying. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 19. It ..... last Satuday. A) Was raining. B) Rained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rained. 20. What were you doing while you were waiting? A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneous. 21. Nobody ..... me to study the subject. My score was really bad A) Was telling. B) Told. C) Tells. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 22. What ..... when I called you? A) Was your sister doing. B) Did your sister do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was your sister doing. 23. I was taking a shower ..... the electricity went off A) While. B) When. C) So. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 24. ..... you ..... TV when I ..... you? A) Did / watch / called. B) Were / watching / called. C) Was / watching / was calling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / watching / called. 25. Tarzan broke his leg ..... he was climbing a tree. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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