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