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Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

a)

do you do

b)

did you do

c)

didn't do

d)

were you doing

2.

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

3.

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

4.
We sometimes ....................................... books
a)
reads
b)
read
c)
doesn´t read
5.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
6.
I ......................... the door while I ......................... in my room.
a)
was hitting / danced
b)
hit / was dancing
c)
hit / danced
d)
was hitting / was dancing
7.

We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

8.

They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

was not doing

b)

were not doing

c)

was not do

9.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

My parents was work when I came home.

b)

My parents were work when I came home.

c)

My parents was working when I came home.

d)

My parents were working when I came home.

10.

You ....... visiting your friends

a)

was

b)

were

c)

are

d)

is

11.

........ she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?

a)

were

b)

was

c)

do

d)

did

12.

They ............... watching a film yesterday afternoon

a)

weren`t

b)

wasn`t

c)

don`t

d)

isn`t

13.

Ann ................. cleaning her room when her mother called her

a)

weren`t

b)

doesn`t

c)

didn`t

d)

wasn`t

14.
LOSE
a)
Loose
b)
Lost
c)
Losed
d)
Lone
15.
THINK
a)
THINKED
b)
THOUGT
c)
THOUGHT
d)
THOGHT
16.
BEGIN
a)
BEGON
b)
BEGAN
c)
BEGINED
d)
BEGUN
17.

Simón ................ his guitar last sunday

a)

play

b)

playing

c)

played

d)

plays

18.

My mom .............. dinner last night

a)

cooked

b)

cooking

c)

cooks

d)

cook

19.

The children ............. lunch in the cafeteria last month

a)

eat

b)

eating

c)

ate

d)

eats

20.

She _______ in that house when she was younger.

a)

lives

b)

have lived

c)

lived

d)

liven