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