English Grammar Quiz

Past Simple or Past Continuous Irregular verbs = * Jim __________ (cook) lunch when his mother __________ (call) on the phone.

• cook / called

• were cooking / was calling

• was cooking / called

• cooked / was calling

His dog__________ (run*) into the kitchen while he __________ (talk) to her.

• running / talking

• ran / running

• ran / was talking

• running / was talking

Tom __________ (eat*) his lunch when his brother __________ (arrive).

• eating / arrived

• eat / was arriving

• ate / was arriving

• was eating / arrived

While Jim ___________(write*) a letter, his wife ___________ (take*) the dog for a walk

Jim __________ (walk) with the dog when he __________ (find*) a coin.

The doorbell __________ (ring*) while he __________ (cook) dinner.

It __________ (not/work) when I __________ (start) to use it.

While Asia _____________ (shop), I __________ (go*) to the car wash.

I _____________(buy*) a magazine when I ___________ (see*) my old friend.

While I _____________ (play) computer games, my mother __________ (call) me for dinner.