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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) were going
B) was going
C) go
D) went
  • 2. She .............a noise while she was walking
A) hears
B) was hearing
C) heard
D) were hearing
  • 3. While she was walking the dog she ..................her teacher
A) sees
B) were seeing
C) saw
D) was seeing
  • 4. When she ..................they were studying
A) come in
B) came in
C) cames in
D) was coming in
  • 5. While they .............................a bike, they saw many people
A) rode
B) rides
C) was riding
D) were riding
  • 6. I ..........................asleep while I was reading a book
A) fall
B) felt
C) was falling
D) fell
  • 7. I ...............my wife while she was studying at a high school
A) was meeting
B) met
C) meted
D) meet
  • 8. When she went out, it ...................
A) rained
B) rain
C) was raining
D) rains
  • 9. She .....................on the door while he was teaching
A) was knocking
B) knocked
C) knocks
D) knockked
  • 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) rung
B) rings
C) rang
D) was ringing
  • 12. My mother .................a dish while she was washing them
A) broke
B) breaked
C) break
D) was breaking
  • 13. While I .........................the letter, I made some mistakes
A) was typing
B) type
C) were typing
D) typed
  • 14. When I opened the door, she ............................a film
A) watches
B) was watching
C) watched
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) played
B) is playing
C) was playing
D) are playing
  • 17. She ..............................the homework when the light went off
A) was doing
B) did
C) is doing
D) do
  • 18. She was listening to music when her mum .......................
A) arrived
B) arrive
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 feeling
B) felt
C) fell
D) was falling
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