Task 8 - Past Simple & Past Continuous Tense

We _______ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night.

• was eating

• were eating

• ate

Yesterday I ________ (go) to the Post Office, ________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and _______ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.

• went, bought, read

• was going, was buying, read

• were going, were going, read

We ________ (watch) TV when we __________ (hear) a loud noise.

• were watching, were hearing

• was watching, was hearing

• were watching, heard

Julie ________ (be) in the garden when Laurence __________ (arrive).

• was, arrived

• were, arrived

• were, were arriving

I ________ (clean) the house when mum _________ (come) home.

• cleaned, came

• was cleaning, was coming

• was cleaning, came

Last year I _____ (visit) Paris and Rome.

• was visiting

• were visiting

• visited

They _______ (have) dinner when the police ________ (come) to the door.

• was having, was coming

• were having, came

• were having, were coming

He _______ (work) in the garden when he ________ (find) the money.

• worked, found

• was working, was finding

• was working, found

Laura ______ (study) at 11pm last night.

• studied

• was studying

• were studying

He _______ (sleep) when the doorbell _______ (ring).

• slept, rang

• was sleeping, was ringing

• was sleeping, rang