Past Simple vs Past Continuous

I        to be a pilot when I was young.

• was wanting

• wanted

• was wanted

The train _____ on time yesterday.

• arrived

• was arrive

• was arriving

Why _____ for so long yesterday?

• did the baby cry

• did the baby crying

• was the baby crying

We were in a difficult situation. We ____ what to do.

• didn’t know

• were not knowing

• not know

He usually meets his sister on Fridays but he ____ her last Friday.

• wasn’t visiting

• didn’t visit

• weren’t visiting

What ____ at 6 p.m. yesterday?

• did you do

• were you doing

• was you doing

Where ____ when I met you yesterday?

• were you going

• did you going

• did you went

Kate ____ along the country road when her car broke down.

• was driving

• drove

• was drive

The firm went bankrupt and I ____ my job.

• was losing

• losing

• lost

I felt sick yesterday. I ____ something rotten.

• was eating

• ate

• were eating