SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVE

We ............... (go) to the park when a strange man ................. (ask) us for money.

• went / asked

• were going / was asking

• were going / asked

• went / was going

My father ................. (read) a newspaper while his friends ................. (prepare) dinner.

• was reading / were preparing

• read / prepared

• read / was preparing

• was reading / prepared

Answer explanation

En está oración ambas acciones suceden en simultáneo; mientras mi padre estaba leyendo el periódico, mis amigos estaban haciendo la cena.

Peter ................. (get) up, ................. (eat) breakfast and .................. (go) to work.

• was getting / was eating / was going

• got / was eating / went

• got / ate / was going

• got / ate / went

Answer explanation

Todas estas acciones comenzaron en e pasado y terminaron en el pasado.

When Jane ................. (wash) her hair, her neighbour ................. (come) in.

• was washing / was coming

• washed / was coming

• was washing / came

• washed / came

Susan ................. (break) her leg while she ................. (ski).

• was breaking / was skiing

• broke / was skiing

• broke / skied

• was breaking / was skiing

While the children ................. (sing) their teacher ................. (play) the piano.

• sang / played

• sang / was playing

• were singing / was playing

• were singing / played

Harry ................. (play) computer games when he ................. (hear) a strange noise.

• played / heard

• was playing / was hearing

• was playing / hear

• was playing / heard

They ................. (break) a pot while they ................. (water) the flowers.

• broke / were watering

• broke / watered

• was breaking / was watering

• was breaking / watered

He ................. (sit) down, ................. (take) a pen and paper and ................... (write) a letter.

• sat / took / wrote

• sat / took / was writing

• was sitting / took /was writing

• sat / was taking / was writing

Martin and Eve ................. (take) photos when a strange object ................. (appear) in the sky.

• took / appeared

• took / was appearing

• were taking / appeared

• were taking / was appearing