Choose the past simple or past continuous:

1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I________________________ (call) you last night?

2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you________________________ (call).

3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who________________________ (be) there?

4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she________________________ (hear) the noise.

5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I________________________ (have) a

swim, later I________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.

6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John________________________ (hurt) his ankle.

7. What ____________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It______________________ (be) really noisy.

8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone________________________ (ring).

9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone________________________ (ring).

10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone________________________ (work).

11. It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun________________________ (shine), the

birds _______________________(sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I

________________________ (meet) an old friend.

12. He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution________________________ (start).

13. When her train __________________ (get) to the station, we____________________ (wait) on the platform.

14. He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He________________________ (always / leave) his

things everywhere.

15. On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome,________________________ (see) the Vatican,

and________________________ (spend) a few days at the beach.

16. Why ___________________ (you / stand) on a chair when I______________________(come) into the room?

17. They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they________________________ (be) young.

18. At 7pm yesterday, we ________________________ (listen) to music.

19. When I ________________________ (leave) the house, it________________________ (snow).

20. He ________________________ (work) in a bank when he________________________ (meet) his wife.

 Choose the past simple or past continuous:

1. He _________________________ (sleep) when the doorbell _________________________ (ring).

2. We _________________________ (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).

3. Yesterday I _________________________ (go) to the post office, _________________________ (buy) some

fruit at the supermarket and_________________________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.

4. We _________________________ (watch) TV when we_________________________ (hear) a loud noise.

5. Julie _________________________ (be) in the garden when Laurence_________________________ (arrive).

6. A: What ___________________ (you / do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I _____________________ (clean) my house.

7. Last year I _________________________ (visit) Paris and Rome.

8. They _____________________ (have) dinner when the police_______________________ (come) to the door.

9. He ________________________ (work) in the garden when he _________________________ (find) the money.

10. Laura _________________________ (study) at 11pm last night.

11. I ______________________ (walk) along the road when I_________________________ (meet) an old friend.

12. It _________________________ (be) a day in December. Snow_________________________ (fall),

children_______________(sing) carols and people _____________________ (do) their Christmas shopping.

13. My ex-boyfriend _________________________ (be) so annoying! He_________________________ (always

/ miss) the bus and _________________________ (arrive) late.

14. When I _________________________ (call) Julie, she_________________________ (work).

15. Why _________________________ (you / cry) when I_________________________ (arrive)?

16. When he _________________________ (get) home, we started to eat dinner.

17. At 10am yesterday I _________________________ (sit) on a bus.

18. I _________________________ (enjoy) my book so much that I_________________________ (not / notice)

the train had stopped.

19. David _________________________ (not / sleep) when I_____________________ (arrive),

he_________________________(study)!

20. Mr Black _________________________ (not / work) in the garden at 10pm last night.