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Grammar Exercise

PAST Simple or Continuous

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Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verb in brackets. 
(ex : Past Simple : I played, OR  Past Continuous : I was playing)
(The answers are at the end of the page.)

1. When Jack __________ (arrive), Anne _______________(watch) TV.

2. I ______________ (prepare) dinner when the phone  _________ (ring).

3. What ___________________ (you do) when I _____________(arrive)?

4. He __________(learn) to drive when he _____________ (live) in Oslo.

5. Where ___________________ (you sit)  when the show  (begin)? 

6. I __________ (visit) Athens while I_________________ (tour) Greece.

7. When he _________________ (cross) the road, John_________ (fall).

8. What _______(you see) while you ______________ (wait) for the bus?

9. Where _______________ (he go) when his car _____  _(break) down?

10.I________ (meet) Eva when I ________________ (walk) in the park.
 Answers :
1) arrived/was watching  2) was preparing/rang   3) were you doing/arrived  
4) learned - was living  5) were you sitting/began   6) visited/was touring  
7) was crossing/fell   8) did you see/you were waiting  
9) was he going/broke down   10) met/was walking  

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