This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Progressive Vs Past Simple – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Progressive Vs Past Simple Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How fast ..... (you/drive) when the accident ..... (happen)? A) You were driving/happened. B) Did you drive /happened. C) Were you drive/happened. D) Were you driving / happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were you driving / happened. 2. I ..... my new job yesterday. A) Started. B) Was starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 3. I ..... for Gloria company a few years ago. A) Worked. B) Was working. C) Working. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 4. I was watching YouTube while A) I was having lunch. B) I had lunch. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 5. While my parents ..... , I ..... for a present for my friend. A) Was shopping, looked. B) Were shopping, looked. C) Were shopping, was looking. D) Were shopping, were looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were shopping, was looking. 6. Peter ..... his leg while he was playing football. A) Was breaking. B) Broke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 7. While Bob ..... dinner, Ann ..... through the door A) Ate, came. B) Ate, was coming. C) Was eating, came. D) Ate, come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was eating, came. 8. What ..... at this time yesterday? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) Did you doing. D) Have you done have you done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 9. What ..... at around 8 a.m. this morning? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 10. I was going to school when I ..... the accident. A) Saw. B) See. C) Was seeing. D) Were seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 11. The baby ..... last night at 8 pm. A) Was sleeping. B) Slept. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 12. ..... out last weekend?Yes. I went to a party. A) Were you going. B) Did you go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you go. 13. While he ..... a shower, his dogs ..... his steaks. A) Was having / were eating. B) Was having / was eating. C) Had / ate. D) Had / was eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was having / were eating. 14. Choose the most appropriate verb form of the verb given in parenthesis to complete the following sentence.Last wee, Anne ..... (to think) about changing her career while she ..... (to talk) to her best friend. A) Thinked/talked. B) Thought/was talking. C) Thinked/was talking. D) Was thinking/was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was thinking/was talking. 15. It was a sunny afternoon and people were sitting on the grass in the park. Then it suddenly ..... (start) to rain. A) Started. B) Was starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 16. I ..... an onion when I cut my finger. A) Was slicing. B) Sliced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was slicing. 17. When my parents ..... , one of the actors ..... tricks. A) Was arriving, showed. B) Was arriving, was showing. C) Arrived, was showing. D) Arrived, were showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived, was showing. 18. Sandy was waiting for us when we got off the plane. A) Interrupted. B) Simultaneous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interrupted. 19. They ..... On the floor when the fire started. A) Sitted. B) Sat. C) Were sitting. D) Was sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were sitting. 20. What ..... (you/do) at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon? A) Did you do. B) Were you doing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you doing. 21. I ..... having lunch when my mom came home. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 22. I ..... (live) in London when I met them. A) Was living. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was living. 23. Her plane didn't landed yet when we ..... (arrive) at the airport. A) Were arriving. B) Arrived. C) Was arriving. D) Arrivent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were arriving. 24. The guys ..... alcohol in the street when the police arrived. A) Were drinking. B) Drank. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were drinking. 25. ..... John was driving home, he saw a great accident. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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