This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple And Past Progressive – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He ..... that picture because the woman in it ..... A) Boughtwas smiling. B) Buysmile. C) Was buying smile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boughtwas smiling. 2. Was he ..... his homework? A) Do. B) Doing. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing. 3. WE ..... (LOVE) GOING ON ETHNO-TOURISM TOURS AROUND THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR. A) LOVED. B) LOVE. C) LOVES. D) LOVING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LOVE. 4. When I ..... (leave) the house, it ..... (snow). A) Left / was snowing. B) Leaving / was snowing. C) Was leaving / snowed. D) Left / snowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left / was snowing. 5. Choose the correct answer:What did you do yesterday? A) I cooked and I went to the park. B) I went to the bank and in the afternoon I staied at home. C) I played the piano and I worked in the night. D) I was dance and I was watch tv. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I cooked and I went to the park. 6. I usually go ..... school bus. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By. 7. I ..... (READ) A SCI-FICTION BOOK ABOUT A NEW SOCIETY AT THE END OF OUR GALAXY, BUT IT IS A BIT LONG. A) TO READ. B) READ. C) IS READING. D) AM READING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AM READING. 8. I ..... (do) my homework yesterday morning. A) Doed. B) Did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 9. What is the past simple form of the verb 'go'? A) Goed. B) Goed. C) Went. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 10. Choose the correct answer for each question:What were you doing yesterday at 8:00 a.m.? A) I was swimming. B) I swam. C) I am going to swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was swimming. 11. I ..... when someone ..... my lunchbox yesterday. (play-steal) A) Am playing-was stealing. B) Was playing-stole. C) Played-stole. D) Was playing-was stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing-stole. 12. They first met ..... a train. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 13. While he ..... , he ..... his wallet. (shop-lose) A) Shopping-lost. B) Was shoping-lost. C) Shopped-was losing. D) Was shopping-lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was shopping-lost. 14. They wanted to ..... a movie, but there were no more tickets. A) Saw. B) See. C) Seen. D) Seeimg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 15. LAST NIGHT THEY ..... TENNIS. A) WAS PLAYING. B) WERE PLAYING. C) ARE PLAYING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WERE PLAYING. 16. The police ..... while I ..... breakfast. A) Was arriving/ had. B) Arrived/ had. C) Arrived/ was having. D) Was arriving/ was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrived/ was having. 17. What is the past simple form of the verb 'play'? A) Play. B) Playful. C) Played. D) Playly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 18. ..... you doing your homework at six o'clock last night? A) Are. B) Did. C) Were. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 19. Does A) Did. B) Done. C) Doned. D) Dids. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 20. Going ..... foot is good for your health. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 21. (Past Progressive)My father was dancing with Lida when he ..... A) Was eating. B) Were exercising. C) Slept. D) Fell down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fell down. 22. On holiday we ..... (visit) Rome, ..... (see) the Vatican, and ..... (spend) a few days at the beach. A) Visited / saw / spent. B) Were visiting / saw / spent. C) Were visiting / were seeing / were spending. D) Visited / were seeing / spent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visited / saw / spent. 23. The abandoned cars are rusting away behind the barn. A) Past perfect. B) Present perfect. C) Present progressive. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 24. Yesterday, I ..... to the movies with my wife. A) Was going. B) Went. C) Had gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 25. What is the PAST SIMPLE of SWIM A) Swan. B) Swimmed. C) Swimed. D) Swam. 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