English Grammar Exercise

PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS

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

1. When Jack ____________ (arrive) home, Anne __________________(watch) television.

2. I _________________ (prepare) dinner when the telephone _________________ (ring).

3. What ______________________ (you do) when the postman ______________(arrive)?

4. Eva ____________ (learn) to drive when she __________________ (work) in London.

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

6. I ________________ (visit) Athens while I ____________________ (tour) Greece.

7. It was when he ____________________ (cross) the street that John___________ (fall).

8. What _____________(you see) while you _____________________ (wait) for the bus?

9. Where _____________________ (you go) when your car ____________(break) down?

10.Julie ____________ (meet) Sam when she ___________________ (walk) in the park.

Answers :

1.arrived - was watching	2.was preparing - rang	3.were you doing - arrived	4.learnt/learned - was working	5.were you sitting - began
6.visited - was touring	7.was crossing - fell	8.did you see - you were waiting	9.were you going - broke down	10.met - was walking

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