PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS QUIZ

There are 10 questions in this quiz and each question has only one true answer.
1. The teachers ______________ around the table when I ______________ the teacher’s room.

were sitting / entered

sat / was entering

are sitting / entered

were sat / was entering

2. They ______________ about the students who failed in exams.

was talking

were talking

were talked

talks
3. Some teachers ______________ to carefully while others ______________.

 were listening / spoke

listened / was speaking

were listening / were speaking

were listened / spoke

4. I ______________ a chair and I ______________ to listen them carefully.

was taking / was starting

took / started

was taking / started

took / was starting

5. One of the teachers ______________ my opinion about extra courses on Saturdays.

 was asking
 were asking

asked

were asked
6. I ______________ to say anything because I ______________ new there.

don’t want / was

didn’t want / am

didn’t want / was

don’t want / was being

7. A young teacher ______________ next to me. He ______________ coffee.

sits / drank

was sitting / was drinking

was sitting / drank

sat / was drank

8. I ______________ to know him and I ______________ him his name.

wanted / asked

wanted / was asking

wanted / ask

was wanting / asked

9. He ______________ me because he ______________ to music with through the headphones.

wasn’t hearing / listened

didn’t hear / listened

 wasn’t hear / was listening

didn’t hear / was listening

10. I ______________ up and ______________ the teacher’s room quietly while the teachers
______________ extra courses on Saturdays lively.

was standing / was leaving / still discussed

stood / left / still discussed

stood / left / were still discussing

was standing / left / were still discussing