This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What were you doing at eight o'clock last night? A) I washed the dishes. B) I was washing the dishes. C) I'm washing the dishes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was washing the dishes. 2. It was a sunny afternoon and people ..... in the park. Then suddenly it ..... to rain. A) Were sitting / started. B) Sitting / started. C) Sat / was started. D) Sat / started. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were sitting / started. 3. She ..... a great skier when she was young. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 4. I ..... when I received your message. A) Was driving. B) Were driving. C) Were drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was driving. 5. When I (get) ..... up yesterday, the sun (shine) ..... A) Got | was Shining. B) Was getting | shone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got | was Shining. 6. They ..... (Work) on the software 10 minutes ago. A) Were working. B) Worked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were working. 7. You weren't studying A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 8. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.Luke was cutting the vegetables ..... A) When I entered the kitchen. B) When I was seven years old. C) I was washing the car. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I entered the kitchen. 9. The students were playing poker ..... the teacher came in. A) While. B) When. C) As. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 10. He ..... me all day and I finally ..... him. A) Was texting / phoned. B) Texted / was phoning. C) Was texting / was phoning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was texting / phoned. 11. Sam played basketball when he was at university. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 12. What ..... you ..... at 2 o'clock this morning?I was asleep. A) Were doing. B) Did do. C) Did doing. D) Were do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 13. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the train arrived ..... A) When the teacher called me. B) I was drinking tea. C) I buy the tickets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was drinking tea. 14. Correct or incorrect? He was plant trees in the garden at 4 pm yesterday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 15. Last summer, we ..... to Italy and explored some beautiful cities like Florence and Rome. A) Travelled. B) Were travelling. C) Was travelling. D) Travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travelled. 16. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.She was washing the dishes ..... A) When the doctor calls. B) When her mom was cooking dinner. C) When I got home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I got home. 17. He was having dinner ..... the phone rang. A) When. B) After. C) Before. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 18. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the phone rang ..... A) I was sleeping. B) I was cooking dinner. C) I went for a walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was sleeping. 19. They ..... (read) a book when they heard an explosion. A) Were reading. B) Was reading. C) Read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were reading. 20. He was sitting in the garden when a wasp ..... him. A) Stung. B) Sting. C) Was stinging. D) Were stinging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stung. 21. I ..... when my telephone ..... A) Was ironing | was ringing. B) Was ironing | rang. C) Ironed | was ringing. D) Ironed | rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was ironing | rang. 22. Fred ..... his leg when he ..... soccer A) Break / play. B) Broken / played. C) Broke / was playing. D) Were playing / broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke / was playing. 23. We (walk) in the park when we (see) a shooting star. A) Walked, see. B) Were walking, saw. C) Walking, seeing. D) Was walking, seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were walking, saw. 24. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:When they ..... we ..... for the bus. A) Come / waited. B) Came / was waited. C) Were coming / waited. D) Came / were waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came / were waiting. 25. When the fire alarm ..... off, the cat ..... out of the window. A) Was getting | was jumping. B) Was getting | jumped. C) Got | was jumping. D) Got | jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got | jumped. 26. My brother ..... so unfriendly. A) Didn't use to be. B) Didn't used to be. C) Didn't use to was. D) Didn't use be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't use to be. 27. I ..... (do) my homework yesterday. A) Did. B) Done. C) Doed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 28. The students were disturbing while Georgie was talking A) Past Simpel. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 29. We ..... in this restaurant two days ago. A) Ate. B) Eaten. C) Eating. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 30. A:What ..... when he fell in the lake? B:I ..... on the phone. A) Did you do / talked. B) Did you do/ was talking. C) Were you doing/ talked. D) Were you doing / was talking. 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