Past Continuous vs Past Simple

It __________ outside when he opened the window.

• was snowed

• was snowing

• were snowing

• snowed

They were watching TV while their kids ______

• sleeped

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Hello Anna! What __________ when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• were you doing

• you were doing

I was listening to the radio when you __________ me.

• called

• is calling

• were calling

• was calling

____ out to have dinner when you saw her?

• Did she gone

• Has she goes

• Did she going

• Was she going

Her plane was landing when we__________ at the airport.

• were arriving

• arrived

• was arriving

• did arrive

She met her friends at the station while she __________ for her train.

• was waiting

• were waiting

• waited

• did wait

We use Past Continuous ...

• For an action that was in progress at specific moment in the past

• For an action that was happening during a period of time in the present

• For an action that never happen in the past

• None of these are correct

How many people __________ up in front of the company when she arrived?

• were standing

• was standing

• was standed

• were stand

She missed the bus because she __________ with one of her friends.

• were arguing

• was arguing

• argued

• was argued