This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple And Past Progressive – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 8 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She ..... (read) a book when the phone ..... (ring). A) Was reading, was ringing. B) Was reading, rang. C) Read, was ringing. D) Read, rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading, rang. 2. We ..... happy after the sad ending. A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Didn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weren't. 3. Alex didn't ..... last weekend. A) Working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work. 4. WE ..... WORRIED ABOUT YOU YESTERDAY BECUASE YOU ..... TO CALL. A) WERE/PROMISED. B) WAS/ARE PROMISING. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WERE/PROMISED. 5. We have to add ing in the verb A) Simple past. B) Simple present. C) Past continous. D) Past perfect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past continous. 6. What was she doing when the postman came? A) She did her hair. B) She was doing her hair. C) She cooked dinner. D) She watched TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was doing her hair. 7. While goes with ..... A) Long actions (past progressive). B) Short actions (simple past). C) Both long and short actions. D) Actions in the present progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long actions (past progressive). 8. What verb tense is the following sentence?:The students are reading a book about famous women. A) Past Progressive. B) Simple Past. C) Present Progressive. D) Simple Present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present Progressive. 9. The past of find A) Fond. B) Finded. C) Found. D) Finding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found. 10. When she ..... , I was cooking. A) Call. B) Calling. C) Called. D) Calls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Called. 11. While we ..... the football match, he ..... to bed. A) Watchinggoing. B) Were watchingwent. C) Was watchinggo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watchingwent. 12. What is the negative?German spoke to his brother A) German wasn't spoke to his brother. B) German didn't spoke to his brother. C) German didn't speak to his brother. D) German wasn't spoken to his brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) German didn't speak to his brother. 13. My family and I ..... in London when I was young. A) Live. B) Lived. C) Was live. D) Lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 14. What was happening when the phone rang? A) She was reading a book. B) She read a book. C) She was watching TV. D) She watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was reading a book. 15. It is expensive to go ..... a taxi. A) In. B) On. C) By. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In. 16. What is the mistake? Choose the correct form:She was seeing the shark while she was surfing A) Seeing. B) Surfed. C) Saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 1Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 2Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 3Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 4Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 5Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 6Past Simple And Past Progressive Quiz 7Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous QuizPast Perfect Tense Verb Form QuizPast Perfect Tense QuizPast Perfect Vs Past Continuous QuizPast Perfect QuizPast Progressive Tense Esl QuizPast Progressive Tense With Pictures QuizPast Progressive Tense QuizPast Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast Progressive Vs Past Simple QuizPast Simple Vs Past Progressive QuizPast Tense And Past Progressive Tense QuizPast Tense For Hypothetical Situations QuizPast Tenses With Hypothetical Meaning QuizSimple Past Past Perfect And Past Perfect Continuous Tense QuizSimple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense QuizSimple Past Tense QuizSimple Past Vs Past Perfect QuizSimple Past Vs Past Progressive QuizSimple Past QuizThe Simple Past Tense Irregular Verbs QuizUnderstanding Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books