Simple Past vs Past Continous

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

• sleeped

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

• called

• calt

• were calling

• was calling

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

• did she gone

• did she went

• were she going

• was she going

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• didn't do

• were you doing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

• was snowed

• was snowing

• were snowing

• snowed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

• were standing

• was standing

• standed

• stantsted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

• sleeped

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• didn't do

• were you doing

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

• was waiting

• were waiting

• waited

• wanted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We use the past simple for....

• For an action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past

• For all the action in the past

• none of these options

• For an action that happened during a long time in the past

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D