Past Simple or Past Continuous - 3

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

When you ..... the door and saw the new TV, you felt surprised.

• was opening

• opened

• opening

• were opening

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

What ___ you ___ at 10 o'clock yesterday?

• did / did

• were / doing

• did / doing

• was / did

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

Elisabeth ____ a glass while she ____ the dishes.

• was breaking / was washing

• was breaking / washed

• broke / washed

• broke / was washing

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

I ______ my primary school teacher while I was shopping.

• meet

• met

• was meeting

• was met

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

While my mother ______ (cook) dinner, I ______ (set) the table.

• was cooking / set

• cooked / set

• were cooking / were setting

• was cooking / was setting

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

Snow _____ (fall) lightly. Suddenly a reindeer appeared.

• fell

• was falling

• is falling

• were falling

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

I ______ (read) a detective story while my cousins _____ (play) football.

• was reading / was playing

• was reading / were playing

• read / played

• read / were playing

Which sentence makes more sense?

• I had a bath when the phone rang last night.

• I was having a bath when the phone rang last night.

Which sentence makes more sense?

• How fast did he drive when the accident happened?

• How fast was he driving when the accident happened?

Choose the Past Simple or the Past continuous!

When I ______ (go out) , It ______ (rain) .

• went out / was raining

• was going out / was raining

• went out / rained

• went out / were raining