Past Simple and Past Continuous

Kelly (a)   (participate) in the badminton competition last week.

James (a)   (read) every weekend when he was younger.

Mariam (a)   (work) in the company when he met his wife.

The sun was shining when I (a)   (leave) for school this morning.

The old man (a)   (fall) as he was getting on the bus.

When the boys _______ (do) homework, they _______ (hear) an explosion outside their house.

• were doing, heard

• were doing, were hearing

• did, were hearing

She ______ (find) the treasure map when she ______ (look) through some old books.

• was finding, looked

• found, was looking

• found, looked

The principal ______ (wait) to speak to you when the telephone ______ (ring).

• waited, rang

• was waiting, rang

• was waiting, was ringing

Someone ______ (knock) on the door when I ______ (take) a bath.

• was knocking, took

• knocked, took

• knocked, was taking

When we ______ (eat), the lights ______ (go) off.

• were eating, went

• ate, were going

• were eating, were going