WorksheetsPast Simple and Past Continuous
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Alan _______ out of the window when he ________ a UFO.
a) was looking\was seeing
b) was looking\saw
c) looked\was seeing
d) looked\saw
Sam ________ a party and then he _________ his friends.
a) planned\phoned
b) was planning\phoned
c) was planning\was phoning
d) planned\was planning
Charlie _________ a really interesting website about dance music while ____________ the internet.
a) was finding\surfed
b) was finding\was surfing
c) found\was surfing
d) found\surfed
Julie __________ in the garden when Laurence _________.
a) was being\was arriving
b) am\was arrived
c) was\was arriving
d) was\arrived
Alan _______ out of the window when he ________ a UFO.
a) was looking\was seeing
b) was looking\saw
c) looked\was seeing
d) looked\saw
Sam ________ a party and then he _________ his friends.
a) planned\phoned
b) was planning\phoned
c) was planning\was phoning
d) planned\was planning
Charlie _________ a really interesting website about dance music while ____________ the internet.
a) was finding\surfed
b) was finding\was surfing
c) found\was surfing
d) found\surfed
Julie __________ in the garden when Laurence _________.
a) was being\was arriving
b) am\was arrived
c) was\was arriving
d) was\arrived
What (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I (clean) my house.
a) were you doing\cleaned
b) you were doing\was cleaning
c)were doing\ was cleaned
d) were you doing\was cleaning
I ________ along the road when I ________ an old friend.
a) was walking\met
b) was walking\meet
c) walked\met
c) walked\was meeting
David __________ when I _________ , he __________
a) didn't sleep\was arriving\was studying
b) wasn't sleeping\arrived\ was studying
c) wasn't sleeping\was arriving\studied
d) didn't sleep\arrived\ studied
When I _________ my mum _________ dinner.
a) gotten back\cooked
b) got back\was cooking
c) got back\was cooked
d) was getting back\cooked
Correct the mistakes: What did he see while he swam?
a) What was he seeing while he was swimming?
b) What did he saw while he was swimming?
c) what was he see while he was swimming?
d) What did he see while he was swimming?
The doctor _________________ that Brian _______________ too weak to go to work and that he _________________ to stay at home for a couple of days.
a) said\was\was needing
b) said\was\needed
c) was saying\was\ needed
d) said\was\
was needed
It's strange that you ____________ because I ______________ about you.
a) was calling\was just thinking
b) called\was just thinking
c) was calling\ just thought
d) called\ was just thought
. I ____________ the thief while he ________________into my neighbor’s house.
a) saw\ was geting
b) was seeing\got
c) saw\was getting
d) was seeing\was getting
Which hotel ____________ in when you lost your passport?
a) were you staying
b) did you stay
c) you were staying
d) did you stayed
As he ____________ for the bus he ___________ with a street lamp.
a) ran\collided
b) was running\collided
c) ran\was colliding
d) was running\was colliding
___________ your homework on the bus while you ____________ to school?
a) Did you do\came
b) Were you doing\ was coming
c) Did you do\ were coming
d) Were you doing\ were coming
It _______________ very quickly. The car ______________ out of the side road and then the van ________________ into the back of it.
a) happened\came\ drove
b) happened\was coming\drove
c) happened\ was coming\was driving
d) was happening\came\drove
