Grammar Quiz

Past Continuous and Past Simple Tense Quiz


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

A. was / arriving

B. was / arrived

C. did / arrive

D. did / arrived


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

A. was wearing / call

B. wore / call

C. wore called

D. was wearing / called


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

A. drove

B. was driving

C. drive

D. is driving


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


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


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


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

A. read / hear

B. was reading / heard

C. was reading / hear

D. read / was hearing


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

A. was arriving / see

B. arrive / see

C. arrived / saw

D. was arriving / saw


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


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


Sebastian …………. to Susan’s house at 11 a.m., but she ………………there. She …………………….at the library.

A. went/ did not be / study

B. went/ was not be / was studying

C. went/ was not / was studying

D. went/ did not be / was studying


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

A. entered / had

B. enter / have

C. entered / is having

D. entered / was having


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


When Mr. Lawrence …………………. home at 8.30 this morning, the sun ……………………brightly. However, by 10 o’clock it …………………… heavily.

A. leave / shine / rain

B. was leaving / shine / was raining

C. is leaving / was shining / was raining

D. leaved / was shining / rained


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


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

A. fell / broke

B. fall / broken

C. fell / brake

D. fall / brake


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


Tom was very unlucky. It………………….. ever day during his holiday.

A. rain

B. rained

C. was raining

D. are raining


Mary ………………… lunch when they …………………………..

A. prepared/ was coming

B. was preparing/ came

C. was preparing/ was coming

D. prepared/ was coming




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