This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 12 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At 7.00 Tony ..... out of bed, and ..... into the bathroom. A) Was getting, was going. B) Got, went. C) Was getting, went. D) Got, was going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got, went. 2. When my cell phone ..... , I was cooking lunch. A) Was ringing. B) Rang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 3. The boy ..... walking WHEN he ..... a house. A) Was-see. B) Were-seeing. C) Was-saw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-saw. 4. StudyI ..... economics at Univeristy when I met my wife-to-be. A) Studied. B) Was studying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 5. I ..... (walk) to the store yesterday. A) Walks. B) Walked. C) Walked to the store yesterday. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 6. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.He was reading a book ..... A) When the movie started. B) When the dog barked. C) When the phone rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the phone rang. 7. Princess Diana ..... in a car crash when she was only 36 years old. A) Die. B) Died. C) Was dying. D) Dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Died. 8. I was watching TV when she ..... A) Was scaring me. B) Scared me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scared me. 9. When the doorbell rang, I ..... a book. A) Was reading. B) Read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 10. She ..... her grandmother last weekend. A) Visit. B) Was visiting. C) Visits. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 11. When I (do) ..... the washing-up, I (break) ..... a plate. A) Did | was breaking. B) Was doing | broke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing | broke. 12. We ..... on the street, when a tall man ..... us for the coin. A) Walking-asked. B) Were walking-asked. C) Was walking-asked. D) Were walking-ask. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking-asked. 13. While Dan ..... the car, his sister ..... in the garden A) Repaired-worked. B) Was repair-was work. C) Repaired-was working. D) Was repairing-was working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was repairing-was working. 14. DoWhat ..... you ..... when I called? A) Were/doing. B) Did/do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were/doing. 15. While she ..... (read), the phone rang. A) Was reading quickly. B) Reads. C) Readed. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 16. We never ..... eat out in restaurants. A) Uesd to. B) Would. C) Didn't use to. D) Use to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uesd to. 17. Complete: ..... is she?She is my literature teacher. A) How. B) Why. C) Who. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 18. We ..... video games yesterday at 3 o'clock A) Were. B) Played. C) Were playing. D) Was playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing. 19. The postman knocked the door ..... we were having a party. A) While. B) Where. C) What. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 20. Fernando ..... his back when he ..... a box. A) Hurt/ was carrying. B) Hurts / were carrying. C) Hurted / carried. D) Hurt / carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt/ was carrying. 21. ..... I was driving, I listened to a very onteresting radio program A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHILE. 22. We ..... (play) video games at 3 o'clock yesterday. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were playing. 23. Which sentence has the same meaning?I got into the bath, and then the phone rang. A) I was having a bath when the phone was ringing. B) I had a bath becaus the phone was ringing. C) I was having a bath when the phone rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I was having a bath when the phone rang. 24. I (study) for my exam when my friend (call) me. A) Studied, called. B) Was studying, calling. C) Was studying, called. D) Study, called. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was studying, called. 25. The baby ..... when the telephone rang. A) Was sleeping. B) Were sleeping. C) Slept. D) Sleap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 26. What is the past of the verb "go" ? A) Goed. B) Good. C) Went. D) Want. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 27. I ..... them in the street while I ..... A) Was meeting, was shopping. B) Met, was shopping. C) Met, shopped. D) Was meeting, shopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met, was shopping. 28. Paula was coming home from school ..... she saw an accident. A) When. B) As. C) While. D) As soon as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. ← PreviousRelated 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