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