TEST
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Name………………………………………………………………..Class…………Number
1. Boyan __________________ (work) in the garden when the rain _____________
( start)
a) working/ starting
b) was working/ started
c) worked/ started
2. While Greg`s sister ___________ (play) tennis, he _____________ ( do) his
homework.
a) was playing/ was doing
b) played/ was doing
c) was playing/ did
3. They _____________ ( walk) the dog when I _______________ ( see) them.
a) were walking/ was seeing
b) were walking/ saw
c) walked/ was seeing
4. Henry _______________ ( read) his book while he ________________ ( wait) for the
bus.
a) read/ waited
b) was reading/ was waiting
c) was reading/waited
5. The man _____________ ( leave) the shop when the policeman _____________
(stop) him
a) left/ stopped
b) was leaving/ stopped
c) were leaving/ stopped
6. We ________________ (have) dinner when Petko _____________ ( arrive)
a) had/ arrived
b) were having/ arrived
c) were having/ was arriving
7. She _________________( drive) very fast when the accident ____________
( happen)
a) drove/ happened
b) was driving/ was happening
c) was driving/ happened
8. They _________________( finish) their basketball game when we _______________
(get) there.
a) finished/got
b) were finishing/ was getting
c) were finishing/ got
9. She __________ ( wear) a purple dress when we _______________ (meet) her
yesterday.
a) Was wearing/ met
b) Were wearing/ met
c) Wore/ was meeting
10. She __________ ( wear) a purple dress when we _______________ (meet) her
yesterday.
a) was hearing/was having
b) heard/had
c) heard/ was having
11. The teacher ______________( correct) tests when the headmaster ____________
( call) her
a) was correcting/ called
b) was correcting/was calling
c) were correcting/ called
12. The plane________________ ( fly) over the Atlantic Ocean when the storm
______________ ( begin).
a) flew/ began
b) was flying/ was beginning
c) was flying/ begin
13. While we ____________________ ( stand) outside the cinema, someone
_______________ ( try) to steal my bag.
a) stood/ tried
b) were standing/ was trying
c) were standing/ tried
14. What you_____________ ( do) when I __________________ ( call) you last night?
a) were doing/ was calling
b) did/ was calling
c) were doing/ called
15. When the teacher ________________ ( come) into the classroom , some students
_______________( speak)
a) was coming/ were speaking
b) came/ were speaking
c) was coming/ spoke
Total:………/30p
