Past Simple vs. Progressive
  • 1. I __________ TV when my mother came home.
A) was watching
B) watched
C) did watching
D) was watch
  • 2. She __________ (study) last night.
  • 3. He __________ (sleep) at 21:00 last night.
  • 4. We __________ (chat) while she was cleaning.
  • 5. They ran to the store but I __________.
A) walked
B) were walking
C) run home.
D) did walk
  • 6. _________ you sleeping?
A) Was
B) Did were
C) Is was
D) Were
  • 7. I __________ (buy) three shirts yesterday.
A) bought
B) did buy
C) was buying
D) buyed
  • 8. Tom __________ (cry) when she hit him yesterday.
  • 9. Tom __________ (cry) and she was laughing.
  • 10. She __________ (think) it was green.
  • 11. Billy __________ (hide) in the closet all the time you were looking for him.
  • 12. I was eating carrots when Steph __________ (take) two of them.
  • 13. We __________ (choose) to write in English.
A) had chosen
B) chose
C) did choosed
D) choosed
  • 14. Meg __________ (drink) mile and Bess __________ (eat) cake.
A) drinked / eated
B) drinked / ate
C) drank / eated
D) drank / ate
  • 15. They __________ (sit) on the table.
A) sat
B) were sitting
C) was sitting
D) does sit
  • 16. I was walking in the street when the car __________ (hit) me.
A) hited
B) was hitting
C) hitted
D) hit
  • 17. Tom __________ (cut) himself shaving this morning.
A) cuted
B) cut
C) cutted
D) was cutting
  • 18. The city __________ (build) a new school this year.
A) builed
B) did building
C) was building
D) built
  • 19. She __________ (come) to school when she fell.
  • 20. We __________ (begin) to run after it started to rain.
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