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Simple Past Vs Past Continuous

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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.

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

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

3.

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

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

4.

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

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

5.

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

a)

did she gone

b)

did she went

c)

were she going

d)

was she going

6.

Her plane didn't landed yet when we________ (arrive) at the airport.

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

7.

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

8.

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

9.

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

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

10.

We were walking in the mountains when we_________ (see) a strange animal.

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

11.

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

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

12.

While he __________(do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

13.

While he __________(do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

14.

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

a)

seen

b)

saw

c)

seed

d)

was seeing

15.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
16.
I ......................... the door while I ......................... in my room.
a)
was hitting / danced
b)
hit / was dancing
c)
hit / danced
d)
was hitting / was dancing
17.
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
18.
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
19.
I ......................... (walk) down the street at the moment I realised I ......................... (not take) my keys.
a)
was walking / didn't take
b)
walked / wasn't taking
c)
walked / didn't take
d)
was walking / wasn't taking
20.

As the stranger.......... to the station, a car .......... behind him.

a)

was coming, stopped

b)

came, was stopping

c)

was coming, was stopping

21.

When I ......... work at school, the sun.........

a)

was starting, shone

b)

started, shone

c)

started, was shining

22.

While we .............. to the news, the phone ..............

a)

were listening, rang

b)

listened, rang

c)

were listening, the phone was ringing

23.

You ....... visiting your friends

a)

was

b)

were

c)

are

d)

is

24.

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

a)

were

b)

was

c)

do

d)

did

25.

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

a)

weren`t

b)

wasn`t

c)

don`t

d)

isn`t