PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

I was reading a book when the electricity _________________off.

• WENT

• WAS GOING

She tried onion soup while I ____________________in France.

• WAS TRAVELLING

• TRAVELLED

What _________________when it started to rain heavily?

• WERE YOU DOING

• DID YOU DO

Alexander Fleming ________________penicillin while he was working on other experiments.

• WAS DICOVERING

• DISCOVERED

They _________________when they heard a loud noise outside.

• TALKED

• WERE TALKING

While we ____________the university, we saw the science lab.

• VISITED

• WERE VISITING

She was swimming the other day when she ___________a shark.

• SAW

• WAS SEEING

Newton was sitting and thinking when an apple ___________out of the tree and hit the ground.

• WAS FALLING

• FELL

Peter was sitting in a café when the waitress _____________ .

• SCREAMED

• WAS SCREAMING

He didn't answer the phone because he _______________to loud music.

• LISTENED

• WAS LISTENING