PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

Multiple Choice

I was watching a movie when I _______ (see) him standing outside.

• was seeing
• saw
• see
• were seeing

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The children ________ (play) in the park when it started to rain.

• played
• were playing
• was playing
• play

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While I .....................................the bathroom, he .....................................TV ! 

• was cleaning / watched
• cleaned / was watching
• was cleaning / was watching 

Multiple Choice

Who ............................................to you when I .............................you in the park?

• were talking / saw
• was talking / saw
• talking / saw

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He .......................................... the glass while he ............................................the washing up. 

• was dropping / did
• dropped / did
• dropped / was doing 

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I .............................home when I met my old friend from primary school. 

• walked
• was walking 
• was coming

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Just as Teresa __ her homework, she __ another task she __ to do

• did, was remembering, had

• was doing, remembered, was having

• was doing, remembered, had

• did, remembered, was having

Multiple Choice

When her husband __, Sally __

• was arriving, was cooking

• was arriving, cooked

• arrived, cooked

• arrived, was cooking

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While I __ T.V., the doorbell __

• was watching, was ringing

• was watching, rang

• watched, was ringing

• watched, rang

Multiple Choice

Yesterday morning I __ while Samantha __

• read, shopped

• was reading, was shopping

• was reading, shopped

• read, was shopping

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I __ my teeth when suddenly he ___ into the bathroom

• brushed, was coming

• was brusing, was coming

• was brushing, came

• brushed, came

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I __ when I __ burnt

• was cooking, got

• cooked, was getting

• was cooking, was getting

• cooked, got

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When she __ home and __ the new T.V. she __ surprised

• was coming, saw, felt

• came, saw, felt

• were coming, were seeing, felt

• came, were seeing, felt

Multiple Choice

The panda _______ bamboo leaves when I saw her. (eat)

• ate

• eated

• was eating

• eaten

Multiple Choice

Fiona ……………………. (put) on her scarf and gloves and ……………………. (go) out to play in the snow.

• put, went

• was putting, was going

Multiple Choice

The children …………………….their homework while it ……………………. outside.

• did, rained

• were doing, was raining

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It ……………………. when we left but everything was white when we came home.

• snowed

• wasn' t snowing