Combination of Simple Past and Past Continuous Tense

Identify the tense: She was reading when I called her.

• Past continuous and simple past

• Future continuous and simple future

• Past perfect and simple past

• Present continuous and simple present

Formulate a sentence: (I / watch) TV while my brother (play) video games.

• I watch TV while my brother played video games.

• I am watch TV while my brother is playing video games.

• I watched TV while my brother plays video games.

• I am watching TV while my brother is playing video games.

Use the correct tense: They (not / finish) their homework when the teacher arrived.

• They do not finish their homework when the teacher arrived.

• They had not finish their homework when the teacher arrived.

• They had not finished their homework when the teacher arrived.

• They were not finishing their homework when the teacher arrived.

Combine the tenses: While I (walk) to school, I (see) a dog.

• While I walked to school, I saw a dog.

• While I walk to school, I see a dog.

• While I was walking to school, I was seeing a dog.

• While I was walking to school, I saw a dog.

Choose the correct form: He (study) for his exam when his friend (visit) him.

• He studied for his exam when his friend visited him.

• He studies for his exam when his friend visits him.

• He was studying for his exam when his friend visited him.

• He was studying for his exam when his friend was visiting him.

Fill in the blanks: Yesterday, I (go) to the park while it (rain).

• went, rained

• went, was raining

• going, was rain

• goes, is raining

Correct the sentence: She was cooking dinner when the lights (go) out.

• She was cooking dinner when the lights will go out.

• She was cooking dinner when the lights went out.

• She was cooking dinner when the lights is out.

• She was cooking dinner when the lights gone out.

While he __________ (work) in the garden, he __________ (find) an old coin.  

• worked / found

• was working / found

• worked / was finding

• was working / was finding