The document provides examples of sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses. It contains 19 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb forms in either the past simple or past continuous depending on the context. The sentences reference various everyday activities to illustrate when to use each past tense form.
The document provides examples of sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses. It contains 19 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb forms in either the past simple or past continuous depending on the context. The sentences reference various everyday activities to illustrate when to use each past tense form.
The document provides examples of sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses. It contains 19 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb forms in either the past simple or past continuous depending on the context. The sentences reference various everyday activities to illustrate when to use each past tense form.
1) What___________(you/do) when I _______ (call) you last night?
2) I _____(sit) in a cafe 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 coffee.
6) We _______ (play) tennis when John _______ (hurt) his arm.
7) What _______ (they/do) at 10pm last night?
8) He _______ (take) a shower when the phone _______ (ring).
9) When I _____ (walk) into the room, everyone______(work). 10) It _______ (be) a day last September. 11) The sun _______ (shine)and the birds _______ (sing). 12)I _______ (walk) along the street when I _______ (meet) an old friend. 13)He _______ (live) in Ukraine when the Revolution _______ (start). 14) When her train _______ (get) to the station, we _______ (wait)on the platform. 15) He _______ (be) so annoying! _______ (always leave) his things everywhere. 16) On holiday we _______ (visit) Rome, _______ (see) the Vatican, and _______ (spend) a few days at the beach. 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).