GRAMMAR PRACTICE- Past Simple vs- Past Continuous
1. The Vikings ............................... (drink) lots of beer.
2. My neighbour came in while I ............................... (read) .
3. As he ............................... ( play) a heavy metal record, he
could not hear me.
4. The dog ran off the minute it............................... (see) the
rabbit.
5. He ............................... (go) to sleep in the middle of the
principal's speech.
6. While the opera singer ............................... (sing) the song, the
audience fell asleep.
7. The car ............................... (start) with a lot of noise.
8. Everybody ............................... (laugh) when he fell off his
chair.
9. Susan ............................... (come) to see me yesterday.
10.
My friend ............................... (stop) when the teacher
told him to.
11.
We ............................... (talk) about her when she
suddenly came in.
12.
She ............................... (have) a bath when the
telephone rang.
13.
When the train ............................... (arrive) everybody
ran to the doors.
14.
While I............................... (eat) my dinner my tooth
(............................... break) .
15. As the king ............................... (cross) the hall, he slipped and
fell.
16. When she ............................... (come) in, her
dog ............................... (sleep) in her chair.
17. We ............................... (play) tennis when
it ............................... (start) to rain.
18. Mum ............................... (sleep) when
somebody ............................... (knock) at the door.
19. Emma ............................... (do) her homework when her
mother ............................... (enter) the room.
20. Mrs Smith ............................... (clean) the house while her
husband ............................... (cook) lunch.
21. When I ............................... (turn on) the television, our
national team ............................... (lose).
22. While I ............................... (study) yesterday morning,
Tom ............................... (drop) by to see me.
23. When they ............................... (arrive) at the station,
it ............................... (snow) heavily.
24. We ............................... (swim) while David and
Peter ............................... (jog) by the lake.
25. While she ............................... (read) the newspapers, her
brother ............................... (listen) to music.
26. I ............................... (talk) with my parents, when the
phone ............................... (ring).
27. When I last ............................... (see) Mrs Black,
she ............................... (water) the flowers in her garden.
28. Susan ............................... (cut) her finger while
she ............................... (slice) the bread.
29. We............................... (walk) in the rain when suddenly the
sun ............................... (come out)
30. When the headmaster............................... (enter) the room
I ............................... (write) on the desk
31. My parents ............................... (eat) when my
sister ............................... (give) them the good news
32. The thief ............................... (steal) the jewels in the shop
when the police ............................... (find)
and ............................... (arrest) him
33. While my dad ............................... (do) the washing-up a
cup ............................... (fall) down and ...............................
(break)
34. She ............................... (hear) a terrible noise while
she ............................... (go) upstairs: it ...............................
(be) her brother
35. They ............................... (work) hard when the
computer ............................... (stop)working
36. The mechanic ............................... (see) the damage while
he ............................... (repair) the old car
37. We ............................... (listen) when mum ...............................
(tell) us to do the homework
38. you ............................... (wait) for the bus this morning when I
............................... (see) you?
39. she ............................... (have) a shower when the
telephone ............................... (ring) ?
40. While he ............................... (talk) to her she
suddenly ............................... (leave) the room because
she ............................... (be) angry
41. I ............................... (become) very sad while
I ............................... (watch) the movie
