This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense Quiz 4 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence is NOT in Simple Past Tense? A) He played football yesterday. B) They were studying at 8 p.m. C) She cooked dinner last night. D) I visited my uncle two days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were studying at 8 p.m. 2. My father ..... his car keys last night. He ..... home by bus. A) Loses-goes. B) Lost-go. C) Loses-went. D) Lost-went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost-went. 3. Shinta ..... (sew) a new sweater as dad ..... (come) home from work bringing the delicious KFC last night. A) Were sewing; was coming. B) Was sewing; came. C) Sewed; came. D) Sewed; was coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was sewing; came. 4. They ..... the Internet when the power ..... off. A) Were surfing, was cut. B) Was surfing, was cut. C) Are surfing, was cut. D) Were surfing, is cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were surfing, was cut. 5. Mr. Jo ..... (graduate) University before he ..... (get) his first job last summer. A) Graduated; had been getting. B) Had graduated; got. C) Had been graduating; got. D) Graduated; got. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had graduated; got. 6. She ..... to Rose when I came in. A) Was talking. B) Talks. C) Talking. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was talking. 7. Which of the following words often signal Simple Past Tense? A) Tomorrow, next week. B) Now, at present. C) Yesterday, last night, ago. D) Always, usually. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yesterday, last night, ago. 8. Sally ..... a heart on the beach sand last week. A) Drew. B) Draw. C) Draws. D) Drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drew. 9. Sorry, I didn't go to the meeting. I ..... my mother cook in the kitchen. She was very busy preparing for my sister's birthday party. A) Help. B) Am helping. C) Will help. D) Helped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helped. 10. When I was a child, I ..... to school on foot. A) Go. B) Going. C) Went. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 11. They were watching a movie at 8p.m. (Change into passive voice!) A) A movie is being watched by them at 8p.m. B) A movie were being watched by them at 8p.m. C) A movie was being watched by them at 8p.m. D) A movie were being watched by them at 8p.m. E) A movie has been watched by them at 8 p.m. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A movie was being watched by them at 8p.m. 12. The negative form of Past Continuous is ..... A) S + wasn't/weren't + V-ing. B) S + didn't + V1. C) S + don't + V1. D) S + doesn't + V-ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) S + wasn't/weren't + V-ing. 13. Which of the following verb in Past Continuous Tense? A) Is singing. B) Was eating. C) Am waiting. D) Are watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating. 14. They ..... food for the party at this time last Friday. A) Were preparing. B) Prepare. C) Prepared. D) Are preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were preparing. 15. I ..... in this sofa with him yesterday. A) Sitting. B) Sits. C) Sat. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sat. 16. PAST CONTINUOUS TENSEChoose the correct answer to fill in the blank.What were you ..... last weekend? A) Did. B) Done. C) Will do. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doing. 17. Which of the following is the function of Simple Past Tense? A) To describe an ongoing action in the past. B) To describe two actions happening at the same time. C) To describe a completed action in the past. D) To describe a plan in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To describe a completed action in the past. 18. The train ..... late. It ..... an hour later. A) Was, arrived. B) Were, arrives. C) Is, arrive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was, arrived. 19. Identify the correct question form: A) Did you studying last night?. B) Were you studying last night?. C) Was you study last night?. D) Do you study last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were you studying last night?. 20. ..... they study French last year? A) Does. B) Did. C) Do. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 21. Why ..... you wake up late this morning? A) Was. B) Did. C) Are. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 22. SIMPLE PAST TENSEChoose the correct answer to replace the word in bracket with simple past tense. Remember to mind your spelling.We (go) ..... shopping last week. A) Going. B) Gone. C) Went. D) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 23. Choose the correct answer.The three of us entered the house quietly because everyone else ..... A) Slept. B) Were sleeping. C) Have slept. D) Was sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was sleeping. 24. Sally ..... (a) ..... (watch) TV when my brothers ..... (b) ..... (come) home. A) Watched were coming. B) Was watching came. C) Watched came. D) Was watching were coming. 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