Choose Past Simple or Past Continuous 2
Make the past simple or past continuous tense
1) We (eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).[ . ] | Check Show |
2) Yesterday I (go) to the Post Office, (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.[ . ][ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
3) We (watch) TV when we (hear) a loud noise.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
4) Julie (be) in the garden when Laurence (arrive).[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
5) A: What (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I (clean) my house.[ were you doing ][ was cleaning ] | Check Show |
6) Last year I (visit) Paris and Rome.[ . ] | Check Show |
| 7) They (have) dinner when the police (come) to the door.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
| 8) He (work) in the garden when he (find) the money.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
| 9) Laura (study) at 11pm last night.[ . ] | Check Show |
| 10) He (sleep) when the doorbell (ring).[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
| 11) I (walk) along the road when I (meet) an old friend.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
| 12) It (be) a day in December. Snow (fall) , children (sing) carols and people (do) their Christmas shopping.[ . ][ . ][ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
| 13) My ex-boyfriend (be) so annoying! He (always miss) the bus and arriving late.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
14) When I (call) Julie, she (work).[ called ][ was working ] | Check Show |
15) Why (cry) when I (arrive)?[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
16) When he (get) home we started to eat dinner.[ . ] | Check Show |
| 17) At 10 am yesterday, I (sit) on a bus.[ . ] | Check Show |
| 18) I (enjoy) my book so much that I (not/notice) that the train had stopped.[ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
19) David (not/sleep) when I (arrive) , he (study) .[ . ][ . ][ . ] | Check Show |
20) Mr Black (not/work) in the garden at 10pm last night.[ . ] |
(eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we started eating at 7:30).[ . ]