This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He was living in Russia when the Revolution ..... A) Started. B) Start. C) Starting. D) Starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 2. The mechanic ..... the car. A) Was fixing. B) Were fixing. C) Fixd. D) Fix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was fixing. 3. What is the correct form:'While she ..... (study), the phone rang'? A) Study. B) Was studying. C) Studied. D) Studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was studying. 4. While Dad ..... (print) an article, the printer ..... (run out) of paper. A) Was printing. B) Ran out. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was printing. 5. Before I began to teach at UAO I had to go to a ..... where they asked me many questions to see if I was able to teach here. A) Conference. B) Interview. C) Meeting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interview. 6. It is an accion that was happening in the past A) Simple Past. B) Past Progressive. C) Simple Present. D) Present Progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past Progressive. 7. If you were born 5 years ago ..... How old are you? A) 10 years old. B) 5 years old. C) 11 years old. D) 1 year old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 years old. 8. When I was reading the newspaper, the storm ..... A) Started. B) Starting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Started. 9. While I ..... , I saw my aunt Suzanne. A) Shopped. B) Was shopping. C) Was shopped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was shopping. 10. My little sister ..... (draw) a picture while I ..... (study) for my French exam. A) Was drawing. B) Studied. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drawing. 11. Mary ..... a movie when she listened a weird sound A) Watched. B) Was watching. C) Were watching. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was watching. 12. Amanda watched the entire movie. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 13. She ..... her hair when the postman came A) Was doing. B) Did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing. 14. We parked the car ..... walked to the restaurant. A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Then. 15. When a person is ..... he/she is careful not to offend another person. A) Polite. B) Tactful. C) Forgetful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tactful. 16. Where were the olympic games in 2021? A) Paris. B) London. C) Rio de Janeiro. D) Tokyo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tokyo. 17. Choose the correct simple past form:'They (play) basketball yesterday.' A) Plays. B) Played. C) Playing. D) Playe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 18. The driver is a suspect in a burglary, and she ..... town. A) Left. B) Was left. C) Were leaving. D) Was leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was leaving. 19. Read and choose the correct answer.Mathias ..... (break) the window while he ..... (play) soccer. A) Breaked-was playing. B) Broke-were playing. C) Broke-was playing. D) Break-play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke-was playing. 20. She ..... a book when the phone rang A) Was reading. B) Read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading. 21. What were you doing when I ..... ? A) Arrived. B) Was arriving. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 22. Identify the past progressive tense in the sentence:'He was sleeping when the alarm rang.' A) Was sleeping. B) The alarm was. C) Sleeping was. D) Was rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was sleeping. 23. Susie ..... a film when she heard the noise. A) Was. B) Were watching. C) Was watching. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was watching. 24. Read and choose the correct answer.The electricity ..... (go off) while we ..... (bake) a cake. A) Go off-baking. B) Gone off-baked. C) Went off-were baking. D) Went off-was baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went off-were baking. 25. He ..... the approaching car because he ..... to his friend. A) Didn't see / talked. B) Didn't see / was talked. C) Didn't see / was talkking. D) Didn't see / was talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't see / was talking. 26. Complete:When I arrived, they ..... (eat) pizza. A) Will eat. B) Ate. C) Were eating. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating. 27. I ..... a whole lasagna last night! A) Was eating. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) Eated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 28. I ate a sandwich ..... my brother was eating pizza. A) While. B) When. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 29. Choose the correct optionThe teacher ..... angry because we ..... A) Was-were talking. B) Is-are talking. C) Was-was talking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was-were talking. 30. I ..... a book when the doorbell suddenly rang. A) Read. B) Was reading. C) Have read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 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