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