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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) go
B) was going
C) went
D) were going
  • 2. She .............a noise while she was walking
A) was hearing
B) heard
C) hears
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) came in
B) come in
C) cames in
D) was coming in
  • 5. While they .............................a bike, they saw many people
A) were riding
B) rides
C) was riding
D) rode
  • 6. I ..........................asleep while I was reading a book
A) felt
B) fall
C) was falling
D) fell
  • 7. I ...............my wife while she was studying at a high school
A) was meeting
B) meet
C) met
D) meted
  • 8. When she went out, it ...................
A) rains
B) rain
C) was raining
D) rained
  • 9. She .....................on the door while he was teaching
A) knockked
B) knocked
C) knocks
D) was knocking
  • 10. We were driving when the accident ........................
A) happen
B) happens
C) happened
D) was happening
  • 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) break
B) breaked
C) was breaking
D) broke
  • 13. While I .........................the letter, I made some mistakes
A) was typing
B) typed
C) type
D) were typing
  • 14. When I opened the door, she ............................a film
A) watch
B) watches
C) was watching
D) watched
  • 15. While she ..........................a book, her mum was cooking
A) reads
B) is reading
C) was reading
D) read
  • 16. She .................the guitar when he rang her
A) are playing
B) was playing
C) is playing
D) played
  • 17. She ..............................the homework when the light went off
A) do
B) did
C) was doing
D) is doing
  • 18. She was listening to music when her mum .......................
A) arrived
B) arrives
C) was arriving
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) fell
B) was falling
C) was feeling
D) felt
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