Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Are you ready to see how much you've learned about the past simple and the past continuous?

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_____ to the cinema last night?

• Did you go

• Did you went

• Were you

When we arrived, it _____.

• was snow

• were snowing

• was snowing

When I _____ her, she was playing hockey in the club.

• met

• meet

• was meeting

Who _____ that text message to?

• he wrote

• did he write

• he was writing

A Were the children playing in the garden?

B No, they _____.

• aren’t

• wasn’t

• weren’t

When I saw my friend, he _____ doing homework; he was watching TV.

• was

• wasn’t

• isn’t

My family and I saw a bear ___ we were hiking in the countryside.

• while

• after

• as soon as

Kate's dad was making dinner ___ the lights went off.

• then

• when

• while

___ the class finished I ate a sandwich.

• While

• As soon as

• Then