Grammar Quiz

Past Simple vs Past Continuous Quiz

English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Past Simple vs Past Continuous

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Hello Cesarina, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

A. do you do

B. did you do

C. didn’t do

D. were you doing


It’s a continuos action in the past.

A. simple past

B. verb to be in the past

C. past progressive

D. present continous


What is the correct question in simple past.

A. When did he say that ?

B. where di you go?

C. Where did she lived?

D. were i your friend?


While I was swimming in the river, I ___________(see) some frogs.

A. seen

B. saw

C. seed

D. was seeing


While they were watching TV, their kids ________. (sleep)

A. sleeped

B. slept

C. was sleeping

D. were sleeping


We use past continuos.

A. For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past.

B. For an action that was happening during a time in the past.

C. For an action that will happen in the past.

D. non of the these ones.


You, We, They

A. WAS

B. WERE


What sentence is correct?

A. He was watching TV.

B. He were watching TV


‘Allan __________ (buy) at the supermarket when I ___________ (see) him.

A. was buying / saw

B. were buying / sees

C. was buying / see

D. bought / was seeing


What were you doing when the earthquake hit?

A. I were sleeping when the earthquake hit.

B. you were sleeping when the earthquake hit.

C. i was sleeping when the earthquake hit.

D. you was sleeping when the eartquake hit.


What is the structure of the ver “to be” in the past (possitive sentence).

A. subject – verb – complement

B. verb- subject- complement

C. did – verb to be past -complement

D. subject- verb tobe in past- complement


Choose the correct question in simple past.

A. When did i said that ?

B. where di you go?

C. Where did she live?

D. were i your friend?


What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

A. was / watching

B. were / watching

C. was/ watch

D. were / watch


How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

A. were standing

B. was standing

C. standed

D. stantsted


Her plane didn’t landed yet when we________ (arrive) at the airport.

A. were arrived

B. arrived

C. was arriving

D. arrivent


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