This document provides 20 sentences for a past simple and past continuous exercise. Students are meant to fill in the blanks with the correct verb tenses. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at specific times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to correctly complete the sentences.
This document provides 20 sentences for a past simple and past continuous exercise. Students are meant to fill in the blanks with the correct verb tenses. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at specific times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to correctly complete the sentences.
This document provides 20 sentences for a past simple and past continuous exercise. Students are meant to fill in the blanks with the correct verb tenses. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at specific times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to correctly complete the sentences.
This document provides 20 sentences for a past simple and past continuous exercise. Students are meant to fill in the blanks with the correct verb tenses. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at specific times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to correctly complete the sentences.
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Past Simple and Past Continuous Exercise
1. I ……. (sit) in a cafe when you ……. (call).
2. When you …..(arrive) at the party, who …….. (be) there ? 3. Susie ….. (watch) a film when she ……. (hear) the noise. 4. Yesterday, I …….. (go) to the library, next I …….. (have) a swim, later I ……… (meet) Julie for coffee. 5. We ………… ( play) tennis when John………. (hurt) his ankle. 6. What …………. (they/do) at 10pm last night. It was really noisy. 7. He ………… (take) a shower when the telephone………… (ring). 8. He ………… (be) in the shower when the telephone ………….. (ring). 9. When I …………. (walk) into the room, everyone…………. (work). 10. It ………… (be) a day last September. The sun ……….. (shine) and the birds ………… (sing). I …………(walk) along the street when I ………….(meet) an old friend. 11. He …………….. (live) in Russia when the Revolution ………… (start). 12. When her train……………. (get) to the station, we ………….. (wait) on the platform. 13. He ………… (be) so annoying ! He ………… (always leave) his things everywhere. 14. On holiday we ………. (visit) Rome, …………. (see) the Vatican, and ………. (spend) a few days at the beach. 15. Why ………… (you/stand) on a chair when I ………. (come) into the room ? 16. They …….. (live) in Germany when they …………. (be) young. 17. At 7pm yesterday, we ………….. (listen) to music. 18. When I ……….. (leave) the house, it ………….. (snow). 19. He…………… (work) in a bank when he …………(meet) his wife. 20. What ……….. (you/do) when I ……… (call) you last night ?