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