This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete: ..... was your favorite horror movie ..... Anabell or the nun? A) What. B) When. C) Where. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 2. Sam wasn't lying when he ..... he loved you. A) Say. B) Said. C) Was saying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Said. 3. They (talk) on the phone when the doorbell (ring). A) Were talking, rang. B) Was talking, rung. C) Talked, rung. D) Were talking, rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were talking, rang. 4. I ..... to Lima all day last Friday. A) Weren't traveling. B) Wasn't travel. C) Wasn't traveling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't traveling. 5. Goofy was writing a letter. A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. I ..... (walk) to the store yesterday. A) Walks. B) Walked. C) Walked to the store yesterday. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. She ..... her grandmother last weekend. A) Visit. B) Was visiting. C) Visits. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. While she ..... (read), the phone rang. A) Was reading quickly. B) Reads. C) Readed. D) Was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was reading. 21. 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. 22. Complete: ..... is she?She is my literature teacher. A) How. B) Why. C) Who. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who. 23. 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. 24. The postman knocked the door ..... we were having a party. A) While. B) Where. C) What. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 25. 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. ← 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