Past Simple & Past Continuous

SIMPLE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS

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 ankle

7) What they/do) at 10pm last night?- it was 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)and the birds sing) . I walk) along the street when Imeet) 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.


Put the correct form of the verbs


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) , childrensing) carols and people (do) their Christmas shopping.....

13) My ex-boyfriend (be) so annoying! He (always miss) the bus and arriving late...

14) When I (call) Julie, she work)...

15) Why (cry) when I (arrive)?..

16) When he (get) home, we started to eat dinner..

17) At 10 am yesterday, I (sit) on a bus..

18) I (enjoy) my book so much that I (not/notice)that 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..


Put the correct form of the verbs

1. While they ……………………………… (travel) to China, Marco
(keep) a diary.
2. Mrs. White (drive) past a house in Main Street when she……………………… (see) the ground floor on fire.
3. While he (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot see) sharks approaching the swimmers.
4. The fireman ……………………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he………………………… (hear) shouts.
5. She …………………… (die) while she (run) after a bus.
6. We (have) dinner when the electricity