Past Simple / Past Continuous - Quiz
  • 1. I .....................to the cinema when I met her
A) was going
B) went
C) were going
D) go
  • 2. She .............a noise while she was walking
A) were hearing
B) heard
C) hears
D) was hearing
  • 3. While she was walking the dog she ..................her teacher
A) saw
B) was seeing
C) sees
D) were seeing
  • 4. When she ..................they were studying
A) came in
B) come in
C) was coming in
D) cames in
  • 5. While they .............................a bike, they saw many people
A) rode
B) were riding
C) was riding
D) rides
  • 6. I ..........................asleep while I was reading a book
A) fall
B) fell
C) felt
D) was falling
  • 7. I ...............my wife while she was studying at a high school
A) was meeting
B) meted
C) meet
D) met
  • 8. When she went out, it ...................
A) was raining
B) rained
C) rain
D) rains
  • 9. She .....................on the door while he was teaching
A) knockked
B) knocked
C) knocks
D) was knocking
  • 10. We were driving when the accident ........................
A) happens
B) happen
C) happened
D) was happening
  • 11. Peter ....................me while I was having a shower
A) rang
B) rung
C) rings
D) was ringing
  • 12. My mother .................a dish while she was washing them
A) break
B) broke
C) was breaking
D) breaked
  • 13. While I .........................the letter, I made some mistakes
A) were typing
B) typed
C) type
D) was typing
  • 14. When I opened the door, she ............................a film
A) watches
B) was watching
C) watch
D) watched
  • 15. While she ..........................a book, her mum was cooking
A) was reading
B) read
C) is reading
D) reads
  • 16. She .................the guitar when he rang her
A) is playing
B) was playing
C) played
D) are playing
  • 17. She ..............................the homework when the light went off
A) do
B) is doing
C) was doing
D) did
  • 18. She was listening to music when her mum .......................
A) was arriving
B) arrives
C) arrived
D) arrive
  • 19. She .............................emails when the computer stopped working.
A) was checking
B) is checking
C) checked
D) checks
  • 20. I..........................off the ladder while I was painting the ceiling
A) was falling
B) felt
C) was feeling
D) fell
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