Past Continuous Simple Past

I __________ for my test when the lights went out.

• studied

• were studying

• was studing

• was studying

What were you doing when the earthquake _________?

• was beginning

• were beginning

• begun

• began

I was walking down the street _________ that yellow car crashed in front of the building.

The tornado _______ land when everybody was sleeping.

• hitted

• was hitting

• hit

• were hitting

My friends ___________ $1000 pesos while they __________ down the street.

• found, was walking

• found, were walking

• were finding, walked

• found, walked

My mom was cooking dinner __________ I was taking a shower.

Our teacher ___________ the new vocabulary list when Miss Elvira knocked at the door.

• explained

• was explaining

• were explaining

• explaining

What _________ when the lights went out?

• did you do

• was you doing

• are you doing

• were you doing

Those craftspeople ________ selling their pieces to tourists when the earthquake began.

Annie _____ cooking breakfast when the phone rang.