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Past simple or Past continuous?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
2.
Rellena el hueco que falta:
'He ........................ (buy) at the supermarket when I ........................ (see) him.
a)
was buying / saw
b)
were buying / sees
c)
was buying / see
d)
bought / was seeing
3.
I ......................... (wash) my car while he ......................... (watch) TV on the sofa.
a)
was washing / was watching
b)
washed / was watching
c)
washed / watched
d)
was washing / watched
4.
I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.
a)
did
b)
do
c)
were doing
d)
doing
5.

We use past continuos

a)

For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

b)

For an action that was happening during a time in the past

c)

For an action that will happen in the past

d)

non of the these ones.

6.

While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone _________ (ring).

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

7.

We use the past simple for....

a)

For an action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past

b)

For all the actions in the past

c)

none of these options

d)

For an action that happened in the past and is still continuing.

8.

I couldn’t answer your call because I __________(drive)

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

9.

He had an accident while he ___________(play) rugby with his friends.

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

10.

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

a)

were

b)

was

c)

do

d)

did

11.

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

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

12.

¿Cuál es la estructura para pasado continuo?

a)

sujeto + verbo auxiliar + verbo principal + complemento

b)

sujeto + verbo principal + verbo auxiliar + complemento

c)

verbo principal + sujeto + complemento

d)

verbo principal + complemento + sujeto

13.

Last Monday I _________ play the guitar with my friends.

a)

payed

b)

did

c)

don't

d)

didn't

14.

______ she _______ to music last week?

a)

Does , play

b)

Did, listened

c)

Did, listen

d)

Does, listen

15.

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

a)

weren`t

b)

doesn`t

c)

didn`t

d)

wasn`t

16.

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

a)

was not doing

b)

were not doing

c)

was not do

17.

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

18.

I finished my homework while I ______ in the restaurant,

a)

will work

b)

worked

c)

was working

d)

was work

19.

He ________(miss) the train because he was talking with some friends

a)

missed

b)

was missing

c)

were missing

d)

mist

20.

When I was swimming in the river, I ___________(see) some frogs.

a)

seen

b)

saw

c)

seed

d)

was seeing