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Past Simple or Past Continuous Exercise

This document provides a grammar exercise to choose between using the past simple or past continuous tenses. It contains 40 sentences with blanks to fill in with the appropriate verb form. The sentences describe events that were occurring, habitual actions in the past, or a sequence of events with time expressions to determine the correct verb tense.

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Past Simple or Past Continuous Exercise

This document provides a grammar exercise to choose between using the past simple or past continuous tenses. It contains 40 sentences with blanks to fill in with the appropriate verb form. The sentences describe events that were occurring, habitual actions in the past, or a sequence of events with time expressions to determine the correct verb tense.

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Name: Sim Senchamrong

Past Simple or the Past Continuous?

Choose the past simple or past continuous.

1. What were you doing (you / do) when I called


(call) you last night?
2. I was sitting (sit) in a café when you were calling
(call).
3. When you arrived (arrive) at the party, who
was (be) there?
4. Susie was watching (watch) a film when she
heard (hear) the noise.
5. Yesterday I went (go) to the library, next I
had (have) a swim, later I met
(meet) Julie for a coffee.
6. We were playing (play) tennis when John
hurt (hurt) his ankle.
7. What were they doing (they / do) at 10pm last night? It
was (be) really noisy.
8. He were taking (take) a shower when the telephone
rang (ring).
9. He was (be) in the shower when the telephone
rang (ring).
10. When I walked (walk) into the room, everyone
was working (work).
11. It was (be) a day last September. The sun
was shining (shine), the birds were singing (sing).
I was walking (walk) along the street when I
met (meet) an old friend.
12. He was living (live) in Russia when the Revolution
started (start).
13. When her train got (get) to the station, we
were waiting (wait) on the platform.

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14. He was (be) so annoying! He was always leaving
(always / leave) his things everywhere.
15. On holiday we visited (visit) Rome,
saw (see) the Vatican, and spent
(spend) a few days at the beach.
16. Why were you standing came
(you / stand) on a chair when I__________ (come)
into the room?
17. They lived (live) in Germany when
were
they___________________ (be) young.
18. At 7pm yesterday, we were listening (listen) to music.
19. When I left was snowing
(leave) the house, it_______________ (snow).
20. He was working (work) in a bank when he
met (meet) his wife.
21. He was sleeping (sleep) when the doorbell
rang (ring).
22. We were eating (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at
7:30).
23. Yesterday I went (go) to the post office,
bought (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and

read (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.


24. We were watching (watch) TV when we
heard (hear) a loud noise.
25. Julie was (be) in the garden when Laurence
arrived (arrive).
26. A: What did you do (you / do) at 3pm yesterday?
B: I was cleaning (clean) my house.
27. Last year I visited (visit) Paris and Rome.
28. They were having (have) dinner when the police
came (come) to the door.
29. He was working (work) in the garden when he
found (find) the money.
30. Laura were studying (study) at 11pm last night.
31. I was walking (walk) along the road when I
met (meet) an old friend.

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32. It was (be) a day in December. Snow
was falling (fall), children were singing (sing)
carols and people were doing (do) their Christmas shopping.
33. My ex-boyfriend was (be) so annoying! He
was always missing (always / miss) the bus and
arriving (arrive) late.
34. When I called (call) Julie, she
was working (work).
35. Why were you crying (you / cry) when I
arrived (arrive)?
36. When he got (get) home, we started to eat dinner.
37. At 10am yesterday I was sitting (sit) on a bus.
38. I was enjoying (enjoy) my book so much that I_______________
didn't notice (not / notice) the train had stopped.
39. David was not sleeping (not / sleep) when arrived
I________(arrive),
was studying
he_________ (study)!
40. Mr Black was not working (not / work) in the garden at 10pm last night

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