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Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I        to be a pilot when I was young.

a)

was wanting

b)

wanted

c)

was wanted

2.

The train _____ on time yesterday.

a)

arrived

b)

was arrive

c)

was arriving

3.

Why _____ for so long yesterday?

a)

did the baby cry

b)

did the baby crying

c)

was the baby crying

4.

We were in a difficult situation. We ____ what to do.

a)

didn’t know

b)

were not knowing

c)

not know

5.

He usually meets his sister on Fridays but he ____ her last Friday.

a)

wasn’t visiting

b)

didn’t visit

c)

weren’t visiting

6.

What ____ at 6 p.m. yesterday?

a)

did you do

b)

were you doing

c)

was you doing

7.

Where ____ when I met you yesterday?

a)

were you going

b)

did you going

c)

did you went

8.

Kate ____ along the country road when her car broke down.

a)

was driving

b)

drove

c)

was drive

9.

The firm went bankrupt and I ____ my job.

a)

was losing

b)

losing

c)

lost

10.

I felt sick yesterday. I ____ something rotten.

a)

was eating

b)

ate

c)

were eating

11.

Which exams ____ at school?

a)

did you took

b)

were you taking

c)

did you take

12.

We ____ climbing in the mountains last summer.

a)

went

b)

were going

c)

did go

13.

Kelly ____ near the river at 4 p.m. yesterday.

a)

were sunbathing

b)

was sunbathing

c)

sunbathed

14.

The bike is ok now. My dad ____ it yesterday.

a)

repaired

b)

were repairing

c)

was repair

15.

The editor of the magazine ____ to print the article.

a)

wasn’t allowing

b)

weren’t allowing

c)

didn’t allow

16.

Darrel couldn’t find his old hat. His sister ____ it away long time ago.

a)

was throwing

b)

throwed

c)

threw

17.

Greg ____ in a test when his teacher noticed it.

a)

was cheating

b)

cheated

c)

was cheat

18.

I ____ for the way out of the centre but couldn’t find it.

a)

looked

b)

was looking

c)

were looking

19.

Titanic ____ in the Atlantic many years ago.

a)

was sinking

b)

sinked

c)

sank

20.

When ____ lobsters?

a)

did you last eat

b)

was you last eating

c)

did you last eating

21.

My grandma ____ apple trees while she lived in the country.

a)

were planting

b)

was planting

c)

planted

22.

Agatha Christie ____ a lot of detective stories.

a)

wrote

b)

were writing

c)

was writing

23.

Why is the dog so hungry? I ____ it yesterday night.

a)

wasn’t feeding

b)

didn’t fed

c)

didn’t feed

24.

At the time Jack returned home from England his father ____ in the Baltic Sea.

a)

sailed

b)

were sailing

c)

was sailing

25.

Madonna ____ popular when she was young.

a)

was becoming

b)

became

c)

was become