Past Continuous with Past Simple - Quiz

She ______ dinner when the phone ______.

• was cooking / rang

• cooked / was ringing

• was cooking / was ringing

We ______ a movie when the fire alarm ______.

• watched / went off

• were watching / went off

• were watching / was going off

I ______ home when I ______ a strange light in the sky.

• was walking / saw

• walked / was seeing

• was walking / was seeing

They ______ football when it suddenly ______ to rain.

• played / started

• were playing / started

• were playing / was starting

While he ______ an email, his computer ______.

• wrote / crashed

• was writing / crashed

• was writing / was crashing

The children ______ when the thunder ______ them up.

• were sleeping / woke

• slept / was waking

• were sleeping / was waking

I ______ to work when I ______ I had forgotten my wallet.

• was driving / realized

• drove / was realizing

• was driving / was realizing

He ______ in the park when he ______ into an old friend.

• was running / bumped

• ran / was bumping

• was running / was bumping

We ______ a picnic when a dog ______ our sandwiches.

• had / was stealing

• were having / stole

• were having / was stealing

The teacher ______ the lesson when someone ______ on the door.

• was explaining / knocked

• explained / was knocking

• was explaining / was knocking