This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Vs Past Progressive – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... him when he was eating the cakes. A) Was seeing. B) Saw. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 2. The boys ..... because it was raining A) Weren't playing. B) Didn't play. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't play. 3. They ..... (break) a pot while they ..... (water) the flowers. A) Broke / were watering. B) Broke / watered. C) Was breaking / was watering. D) Was breaking / watered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke / were watering. 4. Fill in the blank with the correct past progressive form:'They (watch) a movie when the power went out.' A) Watched. B) Were watching. C) Was watching. D) Are watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were watching. 5. When she ..... the pedestrian, she immediately ..... on her brakes, but it was too late. A) Saw / was stepping. B) Was seeing / was spepping. C) Saw / stepped. D) Saw / steped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw / stepped. 6. When I ..... the exercise I ..... at the pictures.(do, break) A) Was doing, I broke. B) Were doing, I was breaking. C) Did, was breaking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doing, I broke. 7. ..... I saw her, I was shopping for clothes. A) While. B) When. C) What. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 8. Which sentence uses the simple past tense? 'I am happy.' or 'I was happy.' A) I have been happy. B) I was happy. C) I will be happy. D) I am happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was happy. 9. What verb tense is used for completed actions? A) Simple future. B) Simple conditional. C) Simple perfect past. D) Imperfect past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple perfect past. 10. What is the Past Progressive? A) An action that started in the past and continuous to the present. B) An action that started and finished in the past. C) An action in progress in the past. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An action in progress in the past. 11. What is the correct form:'She ..... (run) when she suddenly fell' A) I ran. B) We will run. C) I will run. D) She was running. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was running. 12. When you arrived at the party, who ..... there? A) Was. B) Were. C) Be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 13. Reporter:What was the cause of the accident, officer?Officer:Well, it looks like there were many causes. First of all, when the accident ..... , the driver ..... much too fast. A) Occurred/was driving. B) Occured/was driving. C) Was occurred/drove. D) Was occurring/was driving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occurred/was driving. 14. I was having lunch when James ..... A) Arrives. B) Arrive. C) Arriven. D) Arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrived. 15. The computer ..... fine this morning when I left for work. A) Is working. B) Was working. C) Are working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was working. 16. While she ..... , she ..... to someone on her car phone. A) Was driving / spoke. B) Was driving / was spoke. C) Drove / was speaking. D) Was driving / was speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was driving / was speaking. 17. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence: "He ..... for Mr.Marley to come home when he heard a car" A) Wait. B) Was waiting. C) Waited. D) Waiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was waiting. 18. True or FalseIt's the same say:'' past progressive or Past Con tinuous A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Simple Past of sing, begin, drink A) Sang, bega, drank. B) Singing, beging, drinking. C) Singed, begined, drinked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sang, bega, drank. 20. We were playing tennis when John ..... his ankle. A) Hurts. B) Was hurting. C) Hurt. D) Hurted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hurt. 21. Valeria and Flavia ..... (walk) along the beach when they ..... (see) the accident. A) Walked-saw. B) Was walking-seew. C) Were walking-saw. D) Walked-seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were walking-saw. 22. El Was y Were se utilizan en: A) Pasado continuo. B) Pasado simple. C) Presente simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pasado continuo. 23. He ..... a shower when the telephone rang. A) Were taking. B) Was taking. C) Took. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was taking. 24. Organize:my/when/was/father/I/arrived/painting A) I was arrived when my father painting. B) My father painting when I was arrived. C) When my father arrived was painting I. D) When I was painting my father arrived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I was painting my father arrived. 25. Susan was practicing piano ..... it was raining outside A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 1Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 2Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 4Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 5Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 6Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 7Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 8Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books