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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. First, I ..... breakfast and then I ..... a shower. A) Was having/was taking. B) Had/was taking. C) Had/took. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had/took. 2. .... you eating when I phoned you last night? A) Did. B) Were. C) Have. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. What is the correct structure for past progressive? A) Subject + have + been + verb-ing. B) Subject + going to + verb + complement. C) Was /were + verb-ing. D) Subject + will + verb + complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was /were + verb-ing. 4. You went to Anne's party!!Did you have a good time?Yes, I ..... A) Had. B) Have. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 5. They ..... dinner when we arrived. A) Were having. B) Had. C) Have. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were having. 6. While people were talking to each other, he ..... his book. A) Read. B) Reads. C) Is reading. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 7. I ..... the vase while I ..... the bookshelf. A) Broke / was cleaning. B) Broke / cleaned. C) Was breaking / was cleaning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke / was cleaning. 8. Tom and John were surfing over the waves while I ..... at the hotel, A) Was relaxing. B) Relaxed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was relaxing. 9. Meg ..... T.V. while her brother was doing his homework. A) Have watched. B) Watched. C) Watch. D) Was watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was watching. 10. Liz ..... windows when I ..... her A) Were cleaning/saw. B) Was cleaning/saw. C) Was cleaning/was seeing. D) Cleaned/saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was cleaning/saw. 11. When ..... you ..... that story? A) Did hear. B) Heard. C) Was hearing. D) Were hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did hear. 12. At 3 o'clock yesterday the boys ..... and sandy ..... A) Played, dance. B) Were playing, was dancing. C) Playing, danced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were playing, was dancing. 13. I ..... to music while she ..... a car. A) Was listening-drove. B) Listened-drove. C) Was listening-was driving. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was listening-was driving. 14. When the police ..... (arrive) at the party, the music ..... (play) very loud and everybody ..... (shout). A) Arrived/was playing/was shouting. B) Arrived/played/was shouting. C) Was arriving/played/was shouting. D) Arrived/was playing/shouted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived/was playing/was shouting. 15. WHEN their mother ..... , they ..... cleaning up the house A) Arrived-were. B) Were-arrived. C) Was-arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived-were. 16. When Mr. Thomas ..... , David was solving crossword puzzles, wasn't he? A) Was calling. B) Called. C) Call. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Called. 17. Did you ..... a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year? A) Took. B) Take. C) Used to take. D) Use to take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take. 18. People cut down so many trees A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 19. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence.When the alarm clock rang ..... A) I woke up. B) I was eating breakfast. C) I went for a run. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up. 20. We were watching a movie ..... the screen went blank. A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 21. A. Did you see Max?B. Yes. I ..... him in the cafeteria. A) Saw. B) Was see. C) Did see. D) Was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 22. I ..... a monkey in the park while I was walking to work. A) See. B) Saw. C) Did see. D) Was seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 23. ..... she was packing the bags, I was looking for our passports. A) WHEN. B) WHILE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHILE. 24. When they ..... the soccers game, it was ..... A) Watched-rained. B) Watched-raining. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched-raining. 25. After the conference, I ..... that a man ..... the walls of the building. A) Was seeing / was painting. B) Saw / was painting. C) Was seeing / painted. D) None of the above. 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