10. Past Simple and Past Continuous (NGrPI)

Choose Past Simple or Past Continuous to complete the sentences.

Ivy ______ for Jackson in the park at this time yesterday.

• was waiting

• waited

Did you ______ the time alone when you were at school?

• enjoying

• enjoy

Ember ______ to spend some quality time with her friends more often last year.

• tried

• was trying

He _____ the new skills that he learned at the course.

• used

• was used

Dean ______ the university five years ago.

• finished

• were finishing

There _____ a lot of cookies at the store.

• weren't being

• weren't

Kinsley ____ time for his friends and family last weekend.

• didn't find

• wasn't finding

Type the correct forms of the verbs.

I _____ home last week when a man started to ride a bike in the wrong place.

What were the guests doing while George ______ the best present?

My sister _____ a photo of me when I was sailing.