Past Simple or Past Continuous?
Choose the past simple or past continuous.
was sleeping
1. He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell
rang
_________________________ (ring).
were eating
2. We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at
7:30).
went
3. Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office,
bought
_________________________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and
read
_________________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.
were watching
4. We _________________________ (watch) TV when we
heard
_________________________ (hear) a loud noise.
was
5. Julie _________________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence
arrived
_________________________ (arrive).
were you doing
6. A: What _________________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday?
was cleaning
B: I _________________________ (clean) my house.
visited
7. Last year I _________________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.
were having
8. They _________________________ (have) dinner when the police
came
_________________________ (come) to the door.
was working
9. He _________________________ (work) in the garden when he
found
_________________________ (find) the money.
was studying
10. Laura _________________________ (study) at 11pm last night.
was walking
11. I _________________________ (walk) along the road when I
met
_________________________ (meet) an old friend.
was
12. It _________________________ (be) a day in December. Snow
_________________________
was falling were singing
(fall), children _________________________ (sing)
were doing
carols and people _________________________ (do) their Christmas shopping.
was
13. My ex-boyfriend _________________________ (be) so annoying! He
_________________________
always missed (always / miss) the bus and
arrived
_________________________ (arrive) late.
called
14. When I _________________________ (call) Julie, she
was working
_________________________ (work).
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were you crying
15. Why _________________________ (you / cry) when I
arrived
_________________________ (arrive)?
got
16. When he _________________________ (get) home, we started to eat dinner.
was sitting
17. At 10am yesterday I _________________________ (sit) on a bus.
was enjoying
18. I _________________________ (enjoy) my book so much that I
didn't notice
_________________________ (not / notice) the train had stopped.
was not sleeping
19. David _________________________ (not / sleep) when I
arrived
_________________________ (arrive), he _________________________
was studying (study)!
was not working
20. Mr Black _________________________ (not / work) in the garden at 10pm last night.
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