Grammar: past simple Vs past continuous

1. What ……………………… doing at seven last night?

• a) did you

• b) were you

• c) you were

• d) do you

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CCSS.L.6.4A

2. When I saw my uncle yesterday, he ……………………… a new car.

• a) has driven b)

• b)was driving

• c) is driving

• d) driving

3. Amira ……………………… a book all day yesterday.

• a) reads

• b) is reading

• c) was reading

• d) has read

4. While I ……………………… the paper, the light went out.

• a) was reading

• b) reading

• c) read

• d) am reading

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.6

5. I ……………………… TV while my brother was doing his homework.

• a) have watched

• b) watched

• c) watch

• d) was watching

6. ……………………… you eating when I phoned you last night?

• a) Did

• b) Were

• c) Have

• d) Are

7. Just as they ……………………… a meeting, he fainted.

• a) were holding

• b) held

• c) are holding

• d) holding

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CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.3A

8. She ……………………… from 9 to 10 yesterday evening.

• a) cooks

• b) cook

• c) has cooked

• d) was cooking

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CCSS.L.6.4A

9. They……………………… the lesson when the teacher left the classroom.

• a) writing

• b) wrote

• c) were writing

• d) are writing

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CCSS.L.6.6

10. Nadia ……………… a mobile phone five years ago.

• a) had

• b) has

• c) doesn’t have

• d)hasn’t got