This document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes sentences describing actions that were ongoing and those that were completed at specific times in the past. The examples illustrate how to form sentences using both the past simple and past continuous verbs to talk about simultaneous or sequential past actions and events.
This document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes sentences describing actions that were ongoing and those that were completed at specific times in the past. The examples illustrate how to form sentences using both the past simple and past continuous verbs to talk about simultaneous or sequential past actions and events.
This document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes sentences describing actions that were ongoing and those that were completed at specific times in the past. The examples illustrate how to form sentences using both the past simple and past continuous verbs to talk about simultaneous or sequential past actions and events.
1. Mum __________________ (wait) when the train __________________
(arrive). 2. We __________________ (see) a dolphin while we __________________ (swim). 3. While I __________________ (walk) the dog, I __________________ (meet) my friend. 4. When we __________________ (wake) up, it __________________ (snow). 5. The teacher __________________ (sit) at her desk while we __________________ (take) the test. 6. When I __________________(walk) into the room, everyone __________________ (work). 7. The sun __________________ (shine) and the birds __________________ (sing). 8. He __________________ (work) in a bank when he __________________ (meet) his wife. 9. When her train __________________ (get) to the station, we __________________ (wait) on the platform. 10. What __________________ (you/do) when I __________________ (call) you last night? 11. I __________________ (sit) in a café when you __________________ (phone). 12. Susie __________________ (watch) a film when she __________________ (hear) a noise. 13. Yesterday, I __________________ (go) to the library, next I __________________ (have) a swim, later I __________________ (meet) Julie for coffee. 14. He __________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone __________________ (ring). 15. What __________________ (they/do) at 10 pm last night? 16. When I __________________ (see) David, he __________________ (have) lunch in the park. 17. They __________________ (not speak) any English while they __________________ (live) in France.