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