Past continuous and Past simple

Tina ........ (run) when it ........ (start) to rain.

• ran, started

• was running, started

• running, was starting

• was running, was starting

Sue ........ (read) a book when I ........ (come) in the door.

• read, was coming

• was reading, was coming

• was reading, came

• was reading, comed

Mr Wilson .......... (shave) when he .......... (hear) a knock on the door.

• was shaving, heard

• was shaving, was hearing

• shaved, was hearing

• shaved, heard

The fire .......... (start) while they .......... (have) a meeting.

• was starting, was having

• was starting, had

• started, had

• started, was having

When Martin .......... (enter) the room, the manager .......... (write) a letter.

• was entering, wrote

• entered, wrote

• entered, was writing

• was entering, writed

Dorothy .......... (see) a beautiful dress in the shop-window while she ........... (come) home from work.

• saw, was coming

• was seeing, came

• saw, came

• seeing, coming

It .......... (rain) when I .......... (leave) the house.

• raining, leaved

• rained, was leaving

• rained, left

• was raining, left

Judy ............... (play) computer games when her mother .............. (come) home.

• played, was coming

• was playing, came

• was playing, was coming

• played, came

Jane ............... (cut) her finger while she .............. (prepare) the salad.

• cut, was preparing

• was cutting, was preparing

• cut, prepared

• cutted, was preparing

Henry .......... (break) his leg while they .......... (play) football.

• was breaking, played

• breaked, played

• broke, was playing

• broke, played