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Class

Date / / Mark Teacher

Past Simple vs Past Continuous E

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1 Complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous. W
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a. At 10 pm, we (watch) TV in the living room. Po
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b. (she / read) a magazine yesterday afternoon? ito

c. I (look) at a gorgeous skirt in the shop window.

d. They (not prepare) their rucksacks.
e. (the students / pay) attention to the teacher?

2 Circle the correct answer.

a. When she arrived / was arriving home, her parents had / were having dinner.
b. I cleaned / was cleaning the windows when the phone
rang / was ringing.
c. The children didn’t play / weren’t playing outside
when their father arrived / was arriving home.
d. While my father had / was having coffee, he
saw / was seeing an accident.
e. Did Jamie go / Was Jamie going outside
while the girls danced / were dancing?

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs

in brackets in the Past Simple or the
Past Continuous.
a. Jacob (check) his Instagram account when the lights
(go) out.

b. While they (do) their homework, Sam (send)

a video on WhatsApp.

c. What (she / bake) for her children when her husband

(call)?

d. Last night, while everyone (sleep), the baby

(start) crying.

e. When my cousin (arrive), I (talk) with my

friends via Skype.

f. I (not feel) well when my parents (say) it was

time to leave for the party.

g. When I (enter) the living room, my father (have)

an online meeting.
h. They (not take) a selfie while they (sunbathe).