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Past Simple- Past Continuous

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.

a)

was preparing/came

b)

prepared/came

c)

prepared/was coming

d)

was preparing/was coming

2.

Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.

a)

rained

b)

was raining

3.

Who was that nice girl you talked / were talking to when I walked / was walking by the pub?

a)

talked/walked

b)

talked/was walking

c)

were talking/walked

d)

were talking/was walking

4.

a) Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.

a)

fell/broke

b)

fell/was breaking

c)

was falling/broke

d)

was falling/was breaking

5.

When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.

a)

entered/had

b)

entered/was having

c)

was entering/had

d)

was entering/was having

6.

a) We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert´s new car.

a)

drove

b)

were driving

7.

a) The sun shone / was shining brightly when I got up / was getting up this morning.

a)

shone/got up

b)

shone/was getting

c)

was shining/was getting up

d)

was shining/got up

8.

Ann finally told / was telling us the whole story about Peter.

a)

told

b)

was telling

9.

Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.

a)

called/parked

b)

called/was parking

c)

was calling/parked

d)

was calling/was parking

10.

Miranda drove/was driving to work when she saw/was seeing the accident.

a)

drove/saw

b)

drove/was seeing

c)

was driving/saw

d)

was driving.was seeing