This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Past Simple Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I wasn't driving A) Past simple. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 2. Yesterday Dan ..... home at 22.00H A) Coming. B) Came. C) Was coming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 3. The bus in which the football team ..... had an accident, but nobody ..... A) Were travelling / died. B) Travelled / died. C) Were travelling / were dying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were travelling / died. 4. Mary was sleeping ..... the phone rang. A) When. B) But. C) Then. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 5. Steve ..... an accident yesterday. A) Had. B) Was having. C) Haved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 6. I saw him ..... I was on my way home A) WHILE. B) WHEN. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WHEN. 7. We use past simple, past simple, and past simple when A) We talk about interrupted action. B) We talk about sequences of action. C) We talk about one action that happened before another action in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We talk about sequences of action. 8. We were exploring the island when we ..... (find) a strange animal. A) Found. B) Finded. C) Were finding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Found. 9. We ..... when it started raining. A) Shopping. B) Shopped. C) Were shopping. D) Was shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were shopping. 10. We ..... to Athens at 8:00 yesterday morning. A) Travelled. B) Were travel. C) Were travelling. D) Was travelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were travelling. 11. The students ..... the lesson when the teacher left the classroom. A) Writing. B) Wrote. C) Were writing. D) Are writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were writing. 12. She ..... (study) for her exam all week while the others were outside playing. A) Was studying. B) Is studying. C) Will study. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was studying. 13. What should we do? Maybe, we ..... to put the coin where we ..... it. A) Have-find. B) Had-found. C) Had-find. D) Has-found. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had-found. 14. The phone rang while I ..... to music in my bedroom A) Was listening. B) Listen. C) Listening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 15. While my mother was cooking dinner, I ..... the table in the dining room. A) Don't set. B) Was set. C) Am setting. D) Was setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was setting. 16. When my father came, my mom ..... A) Was cooking. B) Were cooking. C) Cooked. D) Cookes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 17. ..... Bill was riding his bike, he was listening to music. A) When. B) While. C) As soon as. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 18. Dorothy ..... when I arrived. She was so tired. A) Was sleeping. B) Sleep. C) Sleeped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 19. We walked 85km in 21 hours A) Past Simple. B) Past Progressive. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Past Simple. 20. We really ..... the game last Sunday. A) Enjoyed. B) Was enjoying. C) Will enjoy. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoyed. 21. While Ko ..... , his roommate ..... A) Slept / played games. B) Was slept / played games. C) Was sleeping / was playing games. D) Did sleep / playing games. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was sleeping / was playing games. 22. Complete: ..... was he crying?Because he broke his skateboard. A) Where. B) When. C) Why. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why. 23. What movie ..... you ..... at the cinema last weekend? A) Did / watch. B) Was / watching. C) Did / watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did / watch. 24. What ..... she ..... at 8 o'clock yesterday? A) Was, watch?. B) Was, watced?. C) Was, watching?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, watching?. 25. As soon as she ..... , she ..... a delicious breakfast, A) Wake up-has. B) Woke up-had. C) Woke up-was having. D) Was waking up-was having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Woke up-had. ← 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 7Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8Past Simple Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books