This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8 (19 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While I ..... the exercise I ..... at my worksheet.(do/look) A) Did, was looking. B) Was doing, was looking. C) Look, did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing, was looking. 2. My dad ..... (listen) to classical music when I ..... (arrive) home from school. A) Was listening. B) Arrived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was listening. 3. Complete:When I was a child, I always ..... (play) in the park. A) Played. B) Play. C) Played. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 4. Which of the following is past progressive? 'She was cooking dinner.' or 'She cooked dinner.' A) She is cooking dinner. B) She was cooking dinner. C) She will cook dinner. D) She has cooked dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was cooking dinner. 5. When you ..... (see) Paul, he ..... (wear) a black jacket? A) Saw. B) Was wearing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 6. Katherine was eating ice cream to celebrate all day. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past progressive. 7. Kate ..... in the party A) Danced. B) Dancing. C) Dancet. D) Were dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danced. 8. My husband were working while I ..... a lasagna A) Was cooking. B) Cooked. C) Were cooking. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cooking. 9. We ..... the bus. A) Missing. B) Miss. C) Missed. D) Was missing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missed. 10. I dropped my mobile phone when I ..... to school. A) Was walking. B) Walked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was walking. 11. Ellen ..... listening when the teacher spoke to her. A) Weren't. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 12. When we ..... (leave) school yesterday, it ..... (pour) with rain. A) Left. B) Was pouring. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 13. I met an old friend ..... I was walking by. A) When. B) While. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 14. Which language is spoken in Canada? A) Canadian. B) English. C) Mexican. D) Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 15. Rayshelle and Ryan ..... when their father called them A) Were doing. B) Was doing. C) Did. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were doing. 16. Past form of:Invent A) Invont. B) Invented. C) Invited. D) Invent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invented. 17. I ..... a cake. A) Baking. B) Beked. C) Baked. D) Bakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baked. 18. Sue ..... her neighbors having an argument las night because she ..... the piano in her room. A) Didn't hear-was playing. B) Wasn't hearing-was playing. C) Never hear-was playing. D) Hadn't been hearing-had been playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't hear-was playing. 19. He ..... (sit) down, ..... (take) a pen and paper and ..... (write) a letter. A) Sat / took / wrote. B) Sat / took / was writing. C) Was sitting / took /was writing. D) Sat / was taking / was writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sat / took / wrote. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Form And Use The Past Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast, Present, Future Perfect Tense QuizPast And Past Perfect Tense QuizPast Continuous Tense QuizPast Future Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous Tense QuizPast Perfect Continuous QuizPast Perfect Tense Verb Form QuizPast Perfect Tense QuizPast Perfect Vs Past Continuous QuizPast Perfect QuizPast Progressive Tense Esl QuizPast Progressive Tense With Pictures QuizPast Progressive Tense QuizPast Progressive Verb Tense QuizPast Progressive Vs Past Simple QuizPast Simple And Past Progressive QuizPast Simple Vs Past Progressive QuizPast Tense And Past Progressive Tense QuizPast Tense For Hypothetical Situations QuizPast Tenses With Hypothetical Meaning QuizSimple Past Past Perfect And Past Perfect Continuous Tense QuizSimple Past Tense And Past Continuous Tense QuizSimple Past Tense QuizSimple Past Vs Past Perfect QuizSimple Past QuizThe Simple Past Tense Irregular Verbs QuizUnderstanding Past Perfect Continuous Tense Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books