PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

GRAMMAR QUIZ

PAST TENSE (REGULAR FORM)

Multiple Choice

🌸 EXERCISE 1 (REGULAR VERB)

She _______ a lot of tennis when she was younger.

• plays

• played

• play

• playing

Multiple Choice

Henry ________ the way the light ________ off his silver medal.

• admire/ glint

• admiring/ glinting

• admired/ glinted

• admires/ glints

Multiple Choice

I ___________ a cake for her birthday party last Thursday but she didn't like it.

• bake

• bakes

• baked

• baking

Multiple Choice

My sisters _____________ (finish) fixing the car last week.

• finishes

• finishied

• finished

• finish

Multiple Choice

Columbus ____________ (discover) America in 1492.

• discoverred

• discovered

• discovers

• Discovering.

Multiple Choice

I ________ (work) in a hospital for twenty years.

• work

• working

• worked

• works

Multiple Choice

We had a great time and we _____ (do) lots of fun and exciting things.

• did

• do

• doing

• does

Multiple Choice

My family and I ______ (live) in London when

I was young.

• lived

• live

• was live

Multiple Choice

My friend ________ my cousin a year ago.

• marry

• marryed

• married

• marryied

Multiple Choice

Van Gogh _______ many famous paintings.

• paintied

• painted

• paintted

• painter

IRREGULAR VERBS

Multiple Choice

🌸 EXERCISE 2 (IRREGULAR VERBS)

Last night, Hafiz ________ (write) some postcards to send to his cousins for the new year.

• writed

• wrote

• writes

• writing

Multiple Choice

I _________ (stand) and waited for 20 minutes at that famous restaurant.

• stand

• stood

• stainded

• standing

Multiple Choice

A long time ago, the pirates _______ (find) an abundance of treasure in that remote island.

• find

• finded

• found

Multiple Choice

Grandma ___________ (tell) me many interesting things about mom.

• tell

• tolled

• told

• telled

Multiple Choice

My sister and I ________ (spend) two hours cleaning our room.

• spend

• spont

• spent

• spended

Multiple Choice

The principal _________ (speak) about the pupils' behaviors in the meeting.

• speak

• spaked

• spoke

• spoken

Multiple Choice

We ________ (bake) a delicious cheese cake yesterday for our Mother's birthday.

• bake

• baked

• baking

Multiple Choice

The detectives _________ (catch) the robbers easily because they had videos from the security cameras of the bank.

• caught

• caughted

• catched

• catching

Multiple Choice

When my uncle was 20, he lived in a farm. He ______ (grow) his own vegetables and raised cattles there.

• growed

• growing

• grew

• grewed

Multiple Choice

The school bell ________ (ring) while we were having discussion about the disadvantages of online shopping in the class.

• ringed

• ringing

• rang

• ranged

Multiple Choice

🌸 EXERCISE 3 (PAST CONTINUOUS)

When she called, I _______ (watch) TV in my living room.

• were watching

• are watching

• is watching

• was watching

Multiple Choice

He _______ (listen) his headphone, so he didn't hear the phone.

• was listening

• were listening

• was listened

• were listens

Multiple Choice

At this time yesterday, I _________ (look) out my window, watching the snow fall.

• were looking

• were looked

• was looking

• was looks

Multiple Choice

Mr. John ________ (drive) after midnight last night, when the horrible accident happened.

• was driving

• was droven

• were driving

• were drives

Multiple Choice

What were you doing last Sunday?

I _______ (bake) some cherry pies for my family.

• were baking

• was baking

• were baked

• was bakes

Multiple Choice

🌸 EXERCISE 4 (PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS)

When Natasha _______ the door, we ________ about her.

• open/ talking

• opened/ was talking

• opened/ were talking

• opens/ were talking

Multiple Choice

When I _______ the cafeteria, Mary ______ lunch with Peter.

• entered/had

• entered/was having

• was entering/had

• was entering/was having

Multiple Choice

Who was that nice girl you _______ to when I __________ by the cafe'?

• talked/walked

• talked/was walking

• were talking/walked

• were talking/was walking

Multiple Choice

Tom _____ very unlucky. It _________ every day during his holidays.

• were/ rained

• was/ was raining

• were/ raining

• was/ were raining

Multiple Choice

Mary ________ lunch when they __________.

• was preparing/came

• prepared/came

• prepared/was coming

• was preparing/was coming

Multiple Choice

We ........ at the breakfast table when the doorbell ........

• sat/was ringing

• were sitting / rang

• was sitting/were ringing

• sitting / rang

Multiple Choice

The students ...... cards when the teacher ...... in.

• were playing / came

• was playing/was coming

• played / were coming

• played/ came

Multiple Choice

While he ........... a shower, his dogs ...... his steaks.

• took / ate

• were taking/was eating

• was taking /were eating

• took/ eat

Multiple Choice

While we ______ the house, we ______ some glasses.

• were cleaning/ breaked

• cleaned/ broken

• were cleaning/ broke

• was cleaning/ was breaking

Multiple Choice

The thieves _______ in the kitchen when the police ________ in.

• hid/came

• hided/ come

• was hiding / came

• were hiding / came

Multiple Choice

Alan ______ out of the window when he ______ a UFO.

• was looking/saw

• looked/ saw

• was looking / seen

• looked/ was seeing

Multiple Choice

While Tom______ , Amy _______ a documentary on TV.

• was reading / was watching

• read / watched

• was reading / were watching

• read / was watching

Multiple Choice

I watched TV when I heard the phone ring.

• a) Correct

• b) Wrong

Multiple Choice

He was doing his homework when I called him.

• a) Correct

• a) Wrong

That's all for now

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