PAST TENSE VS PAST CONTINOUS

1. I … (come) home while my sister … (water) houseplants.

a. came, watered
b. came, was watering
c. was coming, watered

2. Was Andra … (drive) when you … (call) him?

a. driving, were calling
b. drove, called
c. driving, called

3. I … (send) him an email with the file as soon as I … (receive) the confirmation.
a. sent, received
b. was sending, was receiving
c. sent, was receiving

4. At five o’clock this morning she … (do) her homework.

a. were doing
b. did
c. was doing

5. Why … you … (not sleep) at 1 am yesterday?

a. were, not sleeping
b. was, not sleeping
c. did, not sleep

6. My brother … (brush) his teeth and then he … (go) to bed.

a. was brushing, went
b. brushed, went
c. brushed, was going

7. Bobby … (lie) under the tree to sleep when a big leaf … (fall) onto his head.
a. lay, fell
b. was lying, falling
c. was lying, fell
8. While I … (walk) down the street, It … (begin) to rain.
a. walked, was beginning
b. was walking, began
c. walked, began

9. … they still … (clean up) the mess at 10 am today?

a. were, cleaning up
b. was, cleaning up
c. did, clean up

10. The children … (play) in the playground at this time yesterday.

a. played
b. was playing
c. were playing

11. You…. Studying when she called

a. Was
b. Were
c. Have
d. Has
e. Had
12. What…. He doing when you saw him
a. Were
b. Is
c. Am
d. Are
e. Was
13. They ….. watching tv when she called
a. Were
b. Was
c. Is
d. Will
e. Had
14. When the phone rang, she was ….. a letter
a. Writes
 b. Writing
c. Write
d. Wrote
e. Written
15. What were you …… when the earthquake started
a. Doing
b. Done
c. Do
d. Does
e. Is done

Answer :
1. were
2. was queuing
3. were
4. was eating
5. was driving, crashed
6. was working | Subject-Verb Agreement: Verb disesuaikan dengan subjek (father),
bukan noun atau pronoun yang berada pada phrase/clause yang menyelanya.
7. watching
8. while | Simple past tense + past continuous tense ~ aksi berdurasi pendek (simple past
tense) menginterupsi aksi yang sedang berlangsung (past continuous
tense). Conjunction yang dapat digunakan: When (berada pada clause yang memuat aksi
berdurasi pendek) atau while (berada pada clause yang memuat aksi yang sedang
berlangsung).
9. being
10. was
11. was
12. is
13. were
14. writing
15. doing