Past Simple vs. Progressive
  • 1. I __________ TV when my mother came home.
A) was watch
B) was watching
C) did watching
D) watched
  • 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) did walk
B) walked
C) were walking
D) run home.
  • 6. _________ you sleeping?
A) Were
B) Is was
C) Was
D) Did were
  • 7. I __________ (buy) three shirts yesterday.
A) did buy
B) bought
C) buyed
D) was buying
  • 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) did choosed
C) choosed
D) chose
  • 14. Meg __________ (drink) mile and Bess __________ (eat) cake.
A) drank / eated
B) drank / ate
C) drinked / eated
D) drinked / ate
  • 15. They __________ (sit) on the table.
A) was sitting
B) were sitting
C) does sit
D) sat
  • 16. I was walking in the street when the car __________ (hit) me.
A) hited
B) hitted
C) hit
D) was hitting
  • 17. Tom __________ (cut) himself shaving this morning.
A) cut
B) cuted
C) cutted
D) was cutting
  • 18. The city __________ (build) a new school this year.
A) was building
B) did building
C) built
D) builed
  • 19. She __________ (come) to school when she fell.
  • 20. We __________ (begin) to run after it started to rain.
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