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Past Simple & Past Continuous

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I _________ (sit) in a cafe when you ________ (call) me.

a)

is sitting, call

b)

am sitting, called

c)

was sitting, called

d)

were sitting, call

2.

When you ________ (arrive) at the party, who _______ (be) there?

a)

arrived, was

b)

arrived, are

c)

arrive, were

d)

arrive, is

3.

Suzie _______ (watch) the film when she ________ (hear) the noise.

a)

watched, hear

b)

was watching, heard

c)

were watching, heard

d)

watch, heard

4.

The children _______ (play) in the park when it started to rain.

a)

play

b)

plays

c)

played

d)

playing

5.

I was watching movie I _______ (notice) him standing outside.

a)

notice

b)

noticed

c)

notices

d)

noticing

6.

I _____ (see) a famous celebrity when I was shopping on Oxford street yesterday.

a)

seeing

b)

sees

c)

see

d)

saw

7.

Charlie _____ (hide) in my wardrobe when Lola found him.

a)

hide

b)

hidden

c)

was hiding

d)

were hiding

8.

The computer ______ (break) when he played games too long.

a)

break

b)

breaks

c)

broken

d)

broke

9.

She was smiling until the terrible singer _______ (come) on stage.

a)

come

b)

comes

c)

came

10.

The children ______ (sleep) all night.

a)

sleeping

b)

sleeps

c)

sleep

d)

slept

11.

The car ______ (make) strange noises all the way home last night.

a)

made

b)

makes

c)

make

d)

making

12.

What _____ (you/do) last weekend?

a)

do you do

b)

does you do

c)

did you do

13.

The cell phone ______ (ring) when I ______ (take) a shower.

a)

rang, took

b)

rung, taken

c)

rings, takes

d)

ring, take

14.

It ______ (begin) to rain when I ______ (walk) home last night.

a)

begins, walks

b)

begin, walk

c)

begun, walked

d)

began, walked

15.

My father _____ (play) with my little brother I _____ (call) him.

a)

played, called

b)

was playing, called

c)

was playing, were calling

d)

playing, were calling

16.

It _____ (happen) two years ago while I ______ (live) in Mumbai.

a)

was happening, was living

b)

happened, was living

c)

happened, lived

17.

Verra _____ (live) in Rome for ten years while _____ (be) a child.

a)

lived, was

b)

was living, was

c)

lived, had been

18.

Lia and Leo ______ (take) a bus to go to school.

a)

take

b)

took

c)

takes

d)

taken

19.

Gary ______ (meet) his old friend while he ______ (shop).

a)

meet, was shopping

b)

met, was shopping

c)

met, shopped

d)

meet, shop

20.

_____ (do you) wake up early this morning?

a)

Do you

b)

Does you

c)

Did you