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Past Simple and Past Continuous
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Past Simple and Past Continuous
Choose the correct past continuous and past simple forms to complete the sentences
below:
1) I was falling down/fell down while I went/was going down the stairs.
5) This morning I was getting up/got up and I made/was making breakfast for everybody.
6) When I was seeing/saw her, she wore/was wearing a really nice purple dress.
7) Last Saturday we were getting up/got up late and we were missing/missed the train.
8) I didn't say/wasn't saying hello because you walked/were walking very fast.
9) I was sleeping/slept happily when a loud noise woke me up/was waking me up.
10) What did you do/were you doing when I was calling/called you last night?
Choose the correct past continuous and past simple forms for the gaps below:
1) After the conference, I _____ that a man _____ the walls of the building.
4) As soon as we walked into the room, we _____ a noise. Someone ______ my computer.
a. heard / used
Name: ____________________ Date: __________
5) The bus in which the football team ______ had an accident, but nobody ______.
a. caught / tried
b. caught / was trying
c. were catching / was trying
a. saw / wore
b. was seeing / was wearing
c. saw / was wearing
10) The sun _______, so we _____ our clothes and got into the water.
Fill in the gaps with the correct past continuous and past simple forms of the verbs in
brackets:
When I 1 __________ (arrive) at the station, Raimond 2 __________ (wait) for me. He 3
__________ (wear) a nice black suit and he 4 __________ (hold) a red rose in his right hand.
When I 5 __________ (get off) the train, he 6 __________ (run) up to me and 7 __________
(kiss) me passionately.
It 8 __________ (rain) heavily so he 9 __________ (take off) his jacket and 10 __________
(put) it over my head. I 11 __________ (tell) Raimond to go to a café so that we could talk,
but he 12 __________ (insist) on going to another place.
While he 13 __________ (drive), I 14 __________ (throw) a look at him. He 15 __________
(smile), but he also 16 __________ (look) nervous.
He finally 17 __________ (stop) his car on the top of a hill with fantastic views. It was so
wonderful. We 18 __________ (get out) of the car, and he 19 __________ (kneel) in front of
me and 20 __________ (take) a ring out of his pocket. “Kathy, will you...” he said. “Listen,
Raimond, I want to break up with you,” I interrupted.