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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