Past simple-Past progressive

They were riding their bikes ....... we were watching tv.

• when

• while

• before

• if

Ben ....... out of his house and saw his friend.

• was going

• goed

• went

• was went

Sally was having a shower, when we ....... the house.

• arrived

• went

• came

• reached

Nobody was....... at me while I was cheating in the exam!

• seeing

• looking

• looked

• saw

Last year we ....... Paris and we ...... a great time!

• were visiting......were having

• visited.....had

• visited......had

• were visiting....had

What ..... you ...... when I called you?

• were....doing

• did.....doing

• was......doing

• are......doing

Icarus ....... too close to the sun when his wings .....to melt.

• was flying ..... were starting

• was flying.....started

• flew......were starting

• flied......started

Where were you yesterday, while I ....... to call you?

• tried

• was tried

• was trying

• was

He was ...... in 1924 and ...... in Rome all his life.

• born.....lived

• born.....was lived

• born.....was living

• born......left

We were travelling to Paris ..... our house was being robbed!

• when/while

• when/as

• as/if

• while/as