Past Continuous & Simple Past

My dad _______ the newspaper when someone knocked at the door.

• reading

• is reading

• was reading

• reads

Hello Anna, what _______ when I called you last night?

• do you do

• did you do

• were you do

• were you doing

While they were watching TV, their kids _________.

• sleeped

• slept

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

I was listening to the radio when you ________ me.

• called

• call

• were calling

• was calling

How many people __________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

• were standing

• was standing

• standed

• stand

We use the past simple for .....

• An action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past.

• All actions in the past.

• Two actions that happened at the same time in the past.

• An action that happened during a long time in the past.

I ________ my leg when I _________.

• broke / were skiing

• was breaking / skied

• broke / skied

• broke / was skiing

She __________ (surf) when the shark ______ (attack) her.

• was surfing / attacked

• surfed / was attacking

• were surfing / attacked

• surfed / was attacked

He ________(dance) at a party when he _____(meet) his girlfriend.

• was dancing / met

• danced / was meeting

• were dancing / meet

• danced / met

I _______(have) a picnic when I _____(see) my sister.

• was having / saw

• had / was seeing

• were having / seed