Grammar Quiz

Past Continuous and Past Simple Tense Quiz

English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Past Continuous and Past Simple Tense

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Who …………………………… to on the phone when I …………………. in?

A. were you speaking / came

B. was you speaking / come

C. are you speaking / came

D. did you speaking / come


We …………………… to Berlin by Robert’s new car last month.

A. drove

B. was driving

C. drive

D. is driving


Yesterday Jane ………………. and ………………. herself when she ……………………. her bicycle.

A. fall / hurt / ride

B. fell / hurt / was riding

C. fell / hurt / rode

D. fall / hurt / were riding


Who was that nice girl you …………… to when I …………… by the pub?

A. talk / walked

B. talked/ walked

C. talked / was walking

D. talked / walk


Last weekend Susan …………. and ………..her leg.

A. fell / broke

B. fall / broken

C. fell / brake

D. fall / brake


As Sophie …………………. up Regent Street she ………………….. an old friend from collage.

A. was walking / met

B. walked / meet

C. was walking / was meeting

D. walked / met


When I ………………… the cafeteria Mary ………… lunch with Peter.

A. entered / had

B. enter / have

C. entered / is having

D. entered / was having


When ……………………..your father ………………….. yesterday?

A. was / arriving

B. was / arrived

C. did / arrive

D. did / arrived


While the students …………………… English, some students …………………. their other works in the class, then the teacher got angry.

A. was learning / do

B. learned / was doing

C. were learning / were doing

D. were learning / was doing


The baby ………………….. on his bed while his mother ………………. for him.

A. was crying / was cooking

B. was crying / cooked

C. cry / was cooking

D. cries / was crying


Marry ……………… in bed when she ……………… a strange noise downstairs.

A. read / hear

B. was reading / heard

C. was reading / hear

D. read / was hearing


Helen ……………………. her dress to the party when her friend ………….. her.

A. was wearing / call

B. wore / call

C. wore called

D. was wearing / called


The Sun ………………….. when I ………………… at 8 o’clock in every morning.

A. was shine / get up

B. was shining / get up

C. was shining / got up

D. was shined / got up


The fireman …………………. a 75-year-old woman who …………………….. trapped on the second floor of the burning building.

A. rescued / was being

B. rescue / did be

C. rescued / be

D. rescued / is


While my sister ………………. home, she ………………….. the train accident.

A. was arriving / see

B. arrive / see

C. arrived / saw

D. was arriving / saw


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