Past simple or Past continuous?

I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.

• was driving / started
• drove / was starting
• drove / started
• was driving / was starting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.5.1D

Rellena el hueco que falta:
'He ........................ (buy) at the supermarket when I ........................ (see) him.

• was buying / saw
• were buying / sees
• was buying / see
• bought / was seeing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

I ......................... (wash) my car while he ......................... (watch) TV on the sofa.

• was washing / was watching
• washed / was watching
• washed / watched
• was washing / watched

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.

• did
• do
• were doing
• doing

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

We use past continuos

• For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

• For an action that was happening during a time in the past

• For an action that will happen in the past

• non of the these ones.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone _________ (ring).

• was ringing

• were ringing

• ringed

• rang

We use the past simple for....

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

• For all the actions in the past

• none of these options

• For an action that happened in the past and is still continuing.

I couldn’t answer your call because I __________(drive)

• were driving

• drived

• drove

• was driving

He had an accident while he ___________(play) rugby with his friends.

• were playing

• was played

• was playing

• played

........ she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?

• were

• was

• do

• did

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E