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Past simple VS Past Continuous

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

TENSE

1.-Yesterday at 9,30 pm my parents ………… (sit) in the garden ………….. (drink) some

Coke.

2.- The chambermaid ……..… (make) my bed in the hotel and ……. (clean) the bathroom

while I was having breakfast.

3.- Somebody ……… (knock) on the door while I ………. (read) the newspaper. 4.-

My brother ………… (buy) a lot of books when he …………….. (live) in Cambridge. 5.-

William ………… (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.

6.-Jerry …………. (have) dinner when the lights ……….. (go) out.

7.-The girl …………. (feel) ill so she ………………… (not go) to work. 8.-When I ………..

(arrive) at the wedding, Miriam …………. (introduce) me to some friends.

9.-Sarah …………… (run) to catch the bus, when she ………. (fall) down and ……… (break)

her ankle.

10.-Richard ……………….. (teach) at the university when he ……….. (meet) his wife. 11. I

……………………...(watch) TV when she ………………………....(call). 12. When the phone

……………………(ring), she ………………….…. (write) a letter. 13. While we ……………….….(have)

the picnic, it (start)…………………. to rain. 14. What (you, do)…………….…. when the

earthquake ………………..…(start) ? 15. I ………………..(listen) to my iPod, so I ……………..…..

(not, hear) the fire alarm. 16. You ………………(listen) to me when I ………….……..(tell)

you to turn the oven off.

17. While John …………………..(sleep) last night, someone …………….(steal) his car. 18.

Sammy …………………(wait) for us when we ……………(get off) the plane. 19. While I

………………………….(write) the email, the computer suddenly went off. 20. Last night,
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she………………..…(call) Pizza Hut and the delivery man……………………..(deliver) her order

right away.

21. A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?

B: I ………………………………(snowboard).

22. When I ……………………...(walk) into the office, several people ……………….. (watch)

news on CNN.

23. They………………………..(meet) my parents at eight this morning. 24. The

salesman ……………….(help) the customer when the thief ………………... (come) into the

store.

25. While I ………………………….… (study), she …………………………..…(cook). 26.

Children……………………..(talk), when I……………………(fall) asleep. 27.

What……………………………..(she,do) during her holiday last month? 28. While

I………………………….(take ) a bath, Suze…………………..(fix) the door. 29. Yesterday we

…………………….(play) at the park. I ………………………..(throw) the wood stick and my

dog……………………….(catch) it for me.

30. What……………………………………..(you, do) during the Math class this morning?