Quiz 1: Past simple vs. Past Continuous.

The children ________ (play) in the park when it started to rain.

• played
• were playing
• was playing
• play

I was watching a movie when I _______ (see) him standing outside.

• was seeing
• saw
• see
• were seeing

Charlie _______ (hide) in my wardrobe when Lola found him. She screamed!

• hid
• hidden
• was hiding
• were hiding

I ________ (live) in Cape Town when Michelle Obama visited.

• was living
• living
• lived
• live

I _______ (sit) in a cafe when you called.

• sitting
• was sitting
• sit
• were sitting

Susie was watching a film when she _______ (hear) the noise.

• heard
• was hearing
• were hearing
• hear

I ____________________ (make) a test, when my mobile phone _____________ (ring).

• was making / rang
• was making / was ringing
• made / rang
• made / was ringing

Philip was washing the car ........................the fire started. 

• when
• while

They .............................a test when the head master ......................... the room. 

• wrote / entered
• were writing / entered
• were writing / was entering

We found a wallet ..............................we were walking in the park. 

• when
• and
• while