This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jake looked at the weather outside:it was grey, but it ..... rain/ raining A) Didn't. B) Wasn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 2. While he ..... (do) his homework, I was reading a magazine. A) Was doing. B) Done. C) Did. D) Were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 3. My students ..... video games when the class started A) Was playing. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 4. I ..... (see) that movie last month. A) Viewed. B) See. C) Witnessed. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 5. Choose the sentence that is not written in the past progressive tense. A) My mom was frying tostones. B) I was dying of hunger. C) The bird flew for 4 hours. D) The student were thinking I was crazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bird flew for 4 hours. 6. It was raining heavily, when I ..... up. A) Were getting. B) Got. C) Get. D) Was getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 7. When the teacher ..... in, they were studying English. A) Were come. B) Come. C) Came. D) Was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came. 8. We ..... for an important test all night yesterday . A) Were studying. B) Were studied. C) Was studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were studying. 9. While they ..... (dance), the music stopped. A) Dance. B) Danced. C) Were dancing. D) Dancingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were dancing. 10. Noura and Aisha ..... talking, when the stranger appeared. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 11. Henry ..... his arm when he ..... tennis. A) Injure / practice. B) Inured / practiced. C) Injured / were practicing. D) Injured / was practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Injured / was practicing. 12. What is the past of the verb "carry" ? A) Carryed. B) Carried. C) Carryd. D) Carren. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carried. 13. It ..... when I ..... home this morning. A) Was raining / left. B) Raining / leave. C) Rained / was leaving. D) Was raining / was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining / left. 14. We ..... down by the river when it ..... to rain. A) Were walking, started. B) Was walking, started. C) Walked, started. D) Walked, was starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were walking, started. 15. Mum ..... dinner, while I was doing my exercises. A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Cooked. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 16. She was working. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 17. We ..... a bit nervous A) Were. B) Was. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 18. The cat (sleep) when the dog (bark). A) Was sleeping. B) Sleeps. C) Is sleeping. D) Slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 19. While Tom ..... for a bus, he ..... an accident. A) Was waiting-saw. B) Waited-saw. C) Waited-was seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was waiting-saw. 20. We (walk) to the park when it (begin) to snow. A) Walking, beginning. B) Was walking, begins. C) Were walking, began. D) Walked, begin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking, began. 21. ..... (you, watch) television when I called you? A) Do you watch. B) Were you watching. C) Did you watch. D) Are you watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you watching. 22. Look! You ..... an amazing photograh! A) Was taking. B) Were tooking. C) Took. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 23. I ..... video games when the phone rang. A) Play. B) Played. C) Was playing. D) Were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was playing. 24. My friends ..... me they ..... stop laughing at Tom's jokes the other night. A) Told / weren't. B) Told / couldn't. C) Tolded / couldn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told / couldn't. 25. When Hamad listened to music, Ahmed ..... A) Didn't sleep. B) Don't sleep. C) Wasn't sleeping. D) Weren't sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't sleeping. 26. Danny ..... to school a week ago A) Was walking. B) Walking. C) Walked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 27. They ..... (eat) dinner when I arrived. A) Were eating. B) Will eat. C) Are eating. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were eating. 28. My father and I ..... a picnic when It started to rain A) Was having. B) Had. C) Were having. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were having. 29. A:I tried to explain my problem to her. B: ..... ? A) Did she listen?. B) Was she listening?. C) Was she listen?. D) Did she listening?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she listen?. 30. What ..... you ..... at ten yesterday? A) Did/ did. B) Were / doing. C) Did / doing. D) Was/ did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were / doing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPast Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books