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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the simple past run A) Ran. B) Run. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 2. Katherine won the trophy after the competition. A) Simple past. B) Past progressive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple past. 3. When you want to give a good impression with an important client in a business meeting, you need to wear a professional ..... A) Custom. B) Resume. C) Attire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attire. 4. At 7pm yesterday, we ..... to music. A) Listened. B) Was listening. C) Were listening. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were listening. 5. When the light ..... out, I was having a bath. A) Went. B) Were going. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 6. The victim wasn't paying attention, either. First of all, he didn't wait for the traffic light to change. He ..... against a red light when the car ..... him. A) Was crossing / hit. B) Was crossing / was hitting. C) Crossed / hit. D) Crossed / was hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was crossing / hit. 7. While the children ..... (sing) their teacher ..... (play) the piano. A) Sang / played. B) Sang / was playing. C) Were singing / was playing. D) Were singing / played. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were singing / was playing. 8. The students ..... an english exam A) Taked. B) Takes. C) Was taking. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 9. Reporter:How is the victim doing?Officer:Well, when the ambulance ..... , he ..... from a head wound, but the doctors stopped the bleeding and they think he'll be OK. A) Was arriving / was bleeding. B) Arrived / was bleeding. C) Arrived / bled. D) Was arriving / bled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arrived / was bleeding. 10. Cynthia ..... at my joke, when the teacher walked in. A) Laughed. B) Is laughing. C) Was laughing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was laughing. 11. While she ..... (read) a novel, her sister ..... (turn on) the CD player. A) Was reading-turned on. B) Read-turned on. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-turned on. 12. They ..... orange juice yesterday A) Slept. B) Took. C) Cut. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drank. 13. Miguel estaba estudiando A) Miguel were studying. B) Miguel was studying. C) Miguel will study. D) Miguel wasn't studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miguel was studying. 14. They ..... when they ..... a rabbit. A) Was drive / see. B) Were driving / saw. C) Were driving / were sawing. D) Drived, saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were driving / saw. 15. Peter was talking to me ..... the teacher asked him a question. A) When. B) While. C) Then. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 16. Complete:Suddenly, he ..... (see) a dog in the street. A) Looked. B) Observed. C) Noticed. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 17. Chooose True or falsewe use When to connect a sentences in simple past A) True. B) False. C) I don't know. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. True or FalseWe use the simple past in the verb to write a sentences in Past Progressive A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. Jennifer ..... (take) a photo of me while I ..... (not / look). A) Takes / wasn't looking. B) Took / weren't looking. C) Took / wasn't looking. D) Took / didn't look. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took / wasn't looking. 20. Cleaned A) /d/. B) /t/. C) /Id/. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /d/. 21. Emily ..... her bike when the accident. A) Was riding. B) Rode. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was riding. 22. At Apple Corporation, they ..... the most creative, visionary and committed employees because they want to have the best employees working for them. A) Hire. B) Fire. C) Like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hire. 23. The teacher ..... angrybecause we were talking A) Was being. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 24. Choose the correct sentencesThe correct sentences is: A) The students were talking when the teacher was arriving. B) The students talked when the teacher was arriving. C) The students were talking when the teacher arrived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The students were talking when the teacher arrived. 25. Choose the correct past progressive form:'We (eat) dinner when the guests arrived.' A) Eating. B) Was eating. C) Were eating. D) Ate dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were eating. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 7Simple Past Vs Past Progressive Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books