Past simple and Past continuous

1. What ____ in Paris in 2004?

• A. did you do

• B. were you doing

• C. you did

• D. were you

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2. I ____ in the queue when I ____ that I had lost my wallet.

• A. was standing - was realizing

• B. stood - was realizing

• C. was standing - realized

• D. stood - realized

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

3. What ____ when you injured your finger? - I was playing volleyball.

• A. did you do

• B. were you

• C. you did

• D. were you doing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

4. This time last week, we ____ for the exam. It was so hot in the examination room.

• A. would have been sitting

• B. had been sitting

• C. sat

• D. were sitting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5. When I first saw Miriam, I ____ her to come in for tea and we talked for nearly two hours.

• A. invited

• B. invite

• C. have invited

• D. was inviting

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

6. The girls were chatting ____ the boys were playing games.

• A. when

• B. while

• C. during

• D. at the same time

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

7. While the teacher was explaining to the whole class, she ____ carefully.

• A. didn't listen

• B. wasn't listening

• C. had listened

• D. wasn't listened

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

8. We arrived at the hotel quite early, ____ in and had lunch.

• A. checking

• B. checked

• C. was checking

• D. to check

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

9. She ____ in Provence, France for two years when she was a student.

• A. was living

• B. lived

• C. had lived

• D. has lived

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

10. ____ my mother and I were cooking in the kitchen, John came in and broke the dish.

• A. When

• B. While

• C. During

• D. Both A & B are correct.

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E