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