PRE-IELTS B - Week 9 - Lesson 1 - Past Continuous & Past Simple

Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

While I ______ my hair, the phone ______ .

• washed, rang

• was washing, ringed

• was washing, rang

• washed, rang

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How _________ yesterday afternoon?

• did you feel

• did you felt

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When I ______ home, I ______ a phone call.

• was getting, was receiving

• got, was receiving

• got, received

• was getting, received

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Last summer I _______ every weekend.

• was going swimming

• went simming

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When the dog ______ Laura's leg, she ______ .

• was biting, screamed

• bit, screamed

• was biting, was screaming

• bit, was screaming

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We ______ some songs and then ______ some sandwiches.

• sang, ate

• sung, eat

• sang, eat

• sung, ate

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When you ______ over the cliff, what ______ next?

• felt, was happening

• fell, was happening

• felt, happened

• fell, happened

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While Mary ______ , she ______ a cup.

• was washing up, broke

• washed up, was breaking

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I didn’t _____ where the bus stop was, so I _____ the bus.

• saw, was missing

• see, missed

• see, was missing

• saw, missed

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What ______ when I ______ you last night? There was no reply.

• did you do, phoned

• were you doing, was phoning

• did you do, was phoning

• were you doing, phoned