This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct answer.The football season ..... a month ago. A) Was beginning. B) Were beginning. C) Begun. D) Began. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Began. 2. They ..... when someone knocked at the door. A) Watching. B) Were watching. C) Watched. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 3. Choose the correct answer.The children ..... football in the yard while their parents ..... them. A) Played-watched. B) Was playing-watched. C) Were playing-were watching. D) Played-were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were playing-were watching. 4. The function of Simple Past Tense is to express ..... A) An action that is still happening now. B) An action that will happen in the future. C) An action that started in the past and continues now. D) A finished or completed action in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A finished or completed action in the past. 5. It ..... when I walked home. A) Raining. B) Rained. C) Is raning. D) Was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was raining. 6. Choose the correct answer.Lee heard a knock at the front door so he ..... to answer it. A) Went. B) Was going. C) Had gone. D) Were going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 7. Translate into English "Dion memenangkan kontes pidato di sekolahnya dua hari yang lalu)" A) Dion win the speech contest in his school two days ago. B) Dion won the speech contest in his school two days ago. C) Dion winning the speech contest in his school two days ago. D) Dion wins the speech contest in his school two days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dion won the speech contest in his school two days ago. 8. Choose the correct answer.By the time we got to the cinema, the film ..... already ..... A) Had-started. B) Did-start. C) Was-start. D) Were-starting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had-started. 9. We ..... in the public library last evening. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 10. It was almost 6 A.M. Andi was hurriedly packing up his things. He had to catch up the 7 A.M train to Surabaya. At 6, 30 A.M a taxi was coming to pick him up. He asked the driver to rush because his train was at 7 A.M. The traffic was very crowded. When he arrived at the station, the time showed 7.15 A.M. The train had already left.Andi arrived at the train station ..... the train had already left. A) But. B) And. C) So. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 11. They ..... (make) all the candies yesterday night A) Were making. B) Made. C) Had made. D) Had been making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 12. They ..... (finish) the report before the teacher ..... (ask) for it last week. A) Finished; had asked. B) Had finished; asked. C) Had been finishing; asked. D) Finished; had been asking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had finished; asked. 13. I ..... swim in the lake this morning. It ..... too cold since yesterday. A) Was-did. B) Didn't-was. C) Was-didn't. D) Didn't-didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't-was. 14. Encik Shahmir ..... waiting for you. Where ..... you? A) Were, was. B) Was, were. C) Is, are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was, were. 15. He ..... in the room when the light bulb fused. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 16. The pattern for positive Past Continuous Tense is ..... A) S + was/were + V-ing. B) S + V2. C) S + had + V3. D) S + will + be + V-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S + was/were + V-ing. 17. We ..... to aceh two weeks ago A) Go. B) Gone. C) Going. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 18. Giraffe is the tallest animal, I saw in Ragunan zoo. It is a male. It is about six meter tall. It has big brown eyes. It has brown spots on its skin. It also has two short horns on its head. Its tail is long with thick hair on the top of the tail. It likes eating leaves of tree.The purpose of the text above is ..... A) To describe about giraffe. B) To tell about tall animal. C) To describe Ragunan zoo. D) To tell about tall animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To describe about giraffe. 19. They all ..... out of the burning building. A) Rushes. B) Rushed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rushed. 20. The boys ..... all the way to school because a dog was chasing them. A) Run. B) Ran. C) Runs. D) Running. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ran. 21. Which sentence shows the Simple Past Tense? A) She is reading a book now. B) She reads a book every day. C) She read a book yesterday. D) She will read a book tomorrow. E) She has read many books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She read a book yesterday. 22. Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night. A) I watched the film last night for the first time. B) Last night wasn't the first time that I had seen the film. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last night wasn't the first time that I had seen the film. 23. Where ..... you? I ..... for you. A) Is, look. B) Are, am looking. C) Was, was looking. D) Were, was looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were, was looking. 24. They ..... (a) ..... (play) computer games when I ..... (b) ..... (do) homework. A) Played was doing. B) Were playing did. C) Played did. D) Were playing was doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were playing was doing. 25. The firefighters ..... (evacuate) the building after the police ..... (find) an active bomb on the basement last Sunday. A) Had evacuated; found. B) Evacuated; had found. C) Had been evacuating; found. D) Evacuated; had been finding. 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