G2: Verbs III - Simple Past vs. Past Progressive

G2: Verbs III Simple Past vs. Past Progressive

by Tom Rohrbach

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the correct answer - simple past or past progressive - for the verb in ( ).

Mrs. Davis __ (buy) a new sofa last weekend.
1. was buying
2. bought
3. buyed
It __ (rain) when I woke up yesterday.
1. was raining
2. was rain
3. rained
Emily’s flight __ (leave) at 11:02 p.m. last night.
1. leaved
2. was leaving
3. left
The man next to me on the bus from Boulder __ (talk) on his phone the whole time!
1. was talk
2. was talking
3. took
Some students came in late while the two teams __ (debate).
1. were debated
2. were debating
3. was debating
His wife __ (love) the diamond necklace he bought for her.
1. loved
2. was loving
3. was loved
I __ (see) Helen when she was putting on her coat a few minutes ago.
1. was seeing
2. seed
3. saw
Ken didn’t rob the bank last night at 7 p.m. He __ (meet) with his lawyer at that time.
1. met
2. was meet
3. was meeting
We __ (see) a big forest fire from our plane window last night.
1. was seeing
2. were seeing
3. saw
When I __ (get) coffee at Starbucks this morning, I saw an old man dressed up like Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings!
1. got
2. was getting
3. was got
Wes Welker __ (score) the winning touchdown for the Denver Broncos in the game I watched last Sunday.
1. scored
2. was scoring
3. were scoring
I __ (read) a novel at 4 o’clock this morning. It was so good I couldn’t put it down until I was finished.
1. read
2. red
3. was reading
The French girl __ (understand) the words the English teacher said, but she didn’t understand the grammar.
1. was understood
2. was understanding
3. understood
Where was I at lunchtime? I __ (eat) at Chili’s across the street.
1. eating
2. was eating
3. ate