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Past Simple and Past Continuous practise
Contributed by: Micó Pascual
(Original author: Sala esquena)
  • 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) were hearing
B) heard
C) was hearing
D) hears
  • 3. While she was walking the dog she ..................her teacher
A) saw
B) sees
C) were seeing
D) was seeing
  • 4. When she ..................they were studying
A) come in
B) cames in
C) was coming in
D) came in
  • 5. While they .............................a bike, they saw many people
A) was riding
B) rides
C) were riding
D) rode
  • 6. I ..........................asleep while I was reading a book
A) felt
B) fall
C) was falling
D) fell
  • 7. I ...............my wife while she was studying at a high school
A) meet
B) meted
C) was meeting
D) met
  • 8. When she went out, it ...................
A) rain
B) was raining
C) rained
D) rains
  • 9. She .....................on the door while he was teaching
A) knocked
B) was knocking
C) knockked
D) knocks
  • 10. We were driving when the accident ........................
A) happens
B) was happening
C) happen
D) happened
  • 11. Peter ....................me while I was having a shower
A) rang
B) rings
C) was ringing
D) rung
  • 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) was typing
B) typed
C) were typing
D) type
  • 14. When I opened the door, she ............................a film
A) watch
B) watches
C) was watching
D) watched
  • 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) is playing
C) are playing
D) played
  • 17. She ..............................the homework when the light went off
A) did
B) was doing
C) do
D) is doing
  • 18. She was listening to music when her mum .......................
A) arrive
B) arrived
C) arrives
D) was arriving
  • 19. She .............................emails when the computer stopped working.
A) is checking
B) checked
C) was checking
D) checks
  • 20. I..........................off the ladder while I was painting the ceiling
A) was falling
B) felt
C) was feeling
D) fell
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