GRAMMAR QUIZ 2.

2 ● GROUP B

Name:  ________________________
Class:  ________________________

2.2 Past continuous and past simple

1 Choose the correct options.
0 Tom was hurting / hurt his foot while he was playing
basketball.
1 Mark cycled / was cycling too fast when he fell off.
2 Tim got up / was getting up early yesterday and went off
in the car.
3 The phone rang while we had / were having dinner.
4 When Paul got to the cafe, his friend Tim waited / was
waiting for him.
5 John was breaking / broke a glass when he was tidying
up.
6 When I was seeing / saw Maria, she was wearing her
new school uniform.
7 Karl went / was going to a party and met his girlfriend
Samantha there.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple

or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
0 Nathan was running (run) when he fell over.
1                         (you / watch) a film when I called?
2 When the bus                         (arrive), I got on.
3 Someone                         (take) my bag when I was
travelling on the bus.
4 When the teacher walked in, a boy                         (climb)
on the desks!
5 When we                         (look) round the old shop, we
found a wonderful book.
6 I was late, so David                         (not wait) outside the
cinema when I got there.
7 When I answered the phone, I                         (hear) a
familiar voice!
8 What                         (Tim / do) when Maureen got home?
Was he on his computer?
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