A) choose the correct option. B) complete the sentences using past simple or past continuous tense

 

A) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1.-Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.

2.-Miranda drove/was driving to work when she saw/was seeing the accident.

3.-Thomas didn’t watch/wasn’t watching the film when Sonia arrived home.

4.-Did he lie/was he lying on the sofa at 5,30 yesterday?

5.-When I left/was leaving the office, the phone rang/was ringing.

6.-It snowed/was snowing in the mountains when we got up yesterday.

7.-Barbara was living/lived in Paris when she was 15 years old.

8.-I was writing/wrote my blog on the Internet while you slept/were sleeping.

9.-While David was recovering/recovered in hospital, I decorated the flat.

10.-When I was waking /wokeup, I realized that it was getting /got dark.

 

 

 

 

B) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.-Yesterday at 9,30 pm my parents ………… (sit) in the garden ………….. (drink) some Coke.

2.- The chambermaid ……..… (make) my bed in the hotel and ……. (clean) the bathroom while I was having breakfast.

3.- Somebody ……… (knock) on the door while I ………. (read) the newspaper.

4.-My brother ………… (buy) a lot of books when he …………….. (live) in Cambridge.

5.-William ………… (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.

6.-Jerry …………. (have) dinner when the lights ……….. (go) out.

7.-The girl …………. (feel) ill so she ………………… (not go) to work.

8.-When I ……….. (arrive) at the wedding, Miriam …………. (introduce) me to some friends.

9.-Sarah …………… (run) to catch the bus, when she ………. (fall) down and ……… (break) her ankle.

10.-Richard ……………….. (teach) at the university when he ……….. (meet) his wife.