Past Continuous vs Past Simple

He was talking when the ball ________ him.

• hit

• was hitting

• were hitting

She __________ breakfast and drank a lot of coffee this morning.

• ate

• was eating

• were eating

He _________ dinner when the fire started.

• cooked

• was cooking

• were cooking

Maggie ________ her horse when she hit the tree.

• rode

• were riding

• was riding

Marie ____________ late yesterday morning, so she missed the first class.

• waked up

• woke up

• was waking up

Victoria ___________ when the earthquake hit.

• shopped

• were shopping

• was shopping

Choose ALL the characteristics of slavery.

• It is the practice of people owning other people.

• A slave has to work for their owner.

• Slaves work in terrible conditions.

• Slaves are free.

Complete with the correct time tense:

Around 1808, the slave trade was prohibited in the north of the USA while people in the south (a)   (practice) it in secret.

_________ the United States was fighting against slavery, Simón Bolívar was doing the same in Latin America.

• While

• When

Complete with the correct time tense:

Peru and Argentina (a)   (create) a special law that prohibited slavery.