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