Past Simple and Past Continuous

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

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

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

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

The old man _______ (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