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Past simple or continuous?

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What ________________ at 8 o' clock last night?
a)
did you do
b)
were you doing
c)
were you do
d)
did you doing
2.
Last night at 8 o'clock?
Let me think, oh yes,  I ___________________TV.
a)
was watching
b)
watched
c)
was watch
3.
When I ___________ this morning it ________________.
a)
was waking up / was raining
b)
woke up / rained 
c)
woke up / was raining
d)
was waking up / rained
4.
I __________ home, when I __________two masked men run out of the bank.
a)
was walking / was seeing
b)
walked / saw
c)
walked / was seeing 
d)
was walking / saw
5.
I _________________ a computer game when the doorbell ____________.
a)
was playing / rang
b)
played / rang
c)
was playing / was ringing
d)
played / was ringing
6.
You  ______________ as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I  ___________you.
a)
worked / met
b)
were working / was meeting 
c)
worked / was meeting
d)
were working / met
7.
When I walked into the room it was chaos! The dog __________ around the room and the children _____________on the walls.
a)
was running / were writing 
b)
ran / wrote 
c)
ran / were writing 
d)
were running / wrote
8.
As soon as I ____________ the accident I ___________ the police
a)
was seeing / was calling
b)
saw / called
c)
was seeing / called
d)
saw / was calling