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The Past Continuous Tense or The Past Simple Tense Test A1 A2 Level Exercises

6. I ___ a monkey in the park while I was walking to


1. What ___ you ___ at ten yesterday? work.

A) did / did A) see


B) were / doing B) saw
C) did / doing C) did see
D) was / did D) was seeing

2. Laura ___ a glass while she ________ the dishes. 7. Jason was studying English ___ he heard a strange
noise.
A) was breaking / was washing
B) was breaking / washed A) after
C) broke / washed B) when
D) broke / was washing C) what
D) that

3. I ________ my primary school teacher while I was


shopping. 8. Princess Diana ___ in a car crash when she was only
36 years old.
A) meet
B) met A) die
C) was meeting B) died
D) was met C) was dying
D) dies

4. He was having dinner __ the phone rang.


9. While my mother was cooking dinner, I ___ the table
A) when in the dining room.
B) after
A) don't set
C) after
B) was set
D) before
C) am setting
D) was setting

5. What ___ you do when you saw the accident


yesterday morning?
10. We were ___ to music while they were playing
A) are football.
B) were
A) listen
C) did
B) listened
D) do
C) listens
D) listening

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The Past Continuous Tense or The Past Simple Tense Test A1 A2 Level Exercises

11. A: What ___ when he fell in the lake? B: I ___ on the


phone.

A) did you do / talked 14. A: Why ________ this morning? B: She ________ her
finger while she ________ the salad.
B) did you do / was talking
C) were you doing / talked A) did she cry / was cutting / prepared
D) were you doing / was talking B) did she cry / cut / prepared
C) was she crying/ was cutting/ was preparing
D) was she crying / cut / was preparing

12. Sue ___ an old bracelet while she ___ the attic.

A) find / is cleaning
B) found / was cleaning 15. My mother ____ all my clothes last weekend.
C) founded / cleaned A) did wash
D) finded / was cleaning B) was washing
C) were washing
D) washed

13. The postman knocked the door ________ we were


having a party

A) while 16. Mary was sleeping ___ the phone rang.


B) where
A) when
C) what
B) but
D) that
C) then
D) that

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The Past Continuous Tense or The Past Simple Tense Test A1 A2 Level Exercises

Answer Key:

1: B 9: D
2: D 10: D
3: B 11: D
4: A 12: B
5: C 13: A
6: B 14: D
7: B 15: D
8: B 16: A

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