This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:The boys ..... because it ..... A) Played / were raining. B) Didn't play / was raining. C) Played / were raining. D) Wasn't playing / were raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't play / was raining. 2. We ..... (watch) a movie when the power went out. A) Watching a movie. B) Were watching. C) Were watch. D) Watched a movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 3. ..... he arrive to the meeting last friday? A) Do. B) Did. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 4. Nina ..... an e-mail to Holly last week. A) Sends. B) Sent. C) Is sending. D) Was sending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 5. ..... Greece last summer? A) Were you visiting. B) Did you visit. C) Visited you. D) Was you visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were you visiting. 6. ..... you ..... sports when you were young, Grandpa? A) Would play. B) Did used to. C) Did use to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did use to. 7. When Peter arrived I ..... a program about deserts. A) Were watching. B) Was watching. C) Watch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 8. When the teacher ..... into the room, two boys ..... football. A) Came, played. B) Was coming, were playing. C) Cames, was playing. D) Came, were playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came, were playing. 9. ..... you practicing Piano at home? A) Was. B) Did. C) Were. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 10. Today, while we were walking, I almost stepped on a snake! A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 11. A: ..... you a good student at school?B:Yes, I was. A) Did. B) Do. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 12. When I saw my uncle yesterday, he ..... a new car. A) Has driven b). B) Was driving. C) Is driving. D) Driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was driving. 13. Complete the following blank spaces with the correct alternatives:I ..... him when he ..... cake. A) Saw / was eating. B) Sawing / eating. C) Was sawing / eats. D) Saw / were eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw / was eating. 14. While I ..... A Tale of Two Cities for Charles Dickens, the light went out. A) Was reading. B) Reading. C) Read. D) Am reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 15. We ..... very hungry but we ..... too cold A) Weren't-was. B) Weren't-were. C) Wasn't-was. D) Wasn't-were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't-were. 16. As soon as we walked into the room, we ..... a noise. Someone ..... my computer. A) Heard / used. B) Were hearing / used. C) Heard / was using. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard / was using. 17. Paula ..... her arm when she ..... in the garden A) Cut / work. B) Cut / was working. C) Were cutting / was working. D) Cuted / worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut / was working. 18. ..... you ..... Karin last week? A) Did, meet. B) Were, meet. C) Were, meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did, meet. 19. When I told my friends about the robbery, they didn't believe / weren't believing me. A) Didn't belive. B) Weren't believing me. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't belive. 20. We ..... playing ROBLOX WHEN English time ..... A) Started-was. B) Were-started. C) Was-started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were-started. 21. Jon and Bill were washing the car when they ..... their friend Alex A) Were seeing. B) Saw. C) Has see. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 22. We were walking down the street when I ..... (see) a beautiful dog. A) Saw. B) Seen. C) Was seeing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 23. They danced last night A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past simple. 24. While we ..... to the news, the phone ..... A) Were listening, rang. B) Listened, rang. C) Were listening, the phone was ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were listening, rang. 25. The dog ..... last night. A) Was barking. B) Barked. C) Was bark. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barked. 26. Sandra was washing the dishes ..... a plate fell off the shelf. A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 27. Rose was driving very fast when the policeman ..... her A) Was stopping. B) Were stopping. C) Stoped. D) Stopped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stopped. 28. Three years ago, we were living in my home town. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 29. What ..... you do when you saw the accident yesterday morning? A) Are. B) Were. C) Did. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 30. Yesterday afternoon, I ..... for a walk in the park because the weather was really nice. A) Was going. B) Were going. C) Go. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. ← 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 8Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books