NAME: CLASS: NUMBER:

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___________(see) 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.