Grammar: Past Simple & Past Continuous

Past simple or past continuous:

The letter _________________ when I was having breakfast.

• arrived

• was arriving

Past simple or past continuous:

I ________ outdoors when it started to rain.

• sat

• was sitting

Present simple or present continuous:

The students were talking when the teacher _________________.

• appeared

• was appearing

Present simple or past continuous:

My dad was making dinner when I _______________ home from school.

• was getting

• got

Fill in the blank:

My brother ______________ with the ball, he broke the window.

• am playing

• was playing

• were playing

• weren't playing

Fill in the blank:

A: Did you like traveling in planes when you were a child?

B: No, I ________________ . I was always scared.

• did

• didn't

• do

• don’t

Fill in the blank:

A: Why did Jane come home early?

B: She _______________ (not go) running after school because it was raining.

• went

• didn’t go

• not go

• go

Fill in the blank.

A: Did you see the new film?

B: I _________ it. It wasn’t very exciting.

• liked it

• did like it

• didn’t liked it

• didn’t like it

A: Where ____________ yesterday?

B: To the cinema. We watched a great music.

• didn’t you go

• do you go

• did you go

• does you go