Past Simple vs Past Cont.

What ________________________ (you / do) when I ________________________ (call) you last night?

• are you doing / called

• were you doing / call

• were you doing / called

• did / called

I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you ________________________ (call).

• was sitting/ was calling

• was sitting/ call

• was sit/ called

• was sitting/ called

When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who ________________________ (be) there?

• arrive/ was

• arrived/ was

• was arriving/ be

• arrived/ was being

Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ________________________ (hear) the noise.

• was watching/ hear

• was watch/ heard

• watched/ heard

• was watching/ heard

Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I ________________________ (have) a swim, later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee

• went / had /met

• was/ had /met

• gone/ had /met

• went / was having/meet

We ________________________ (play) tennis when John ________________________ (hurt) his ankle.

• were playing / hurted

• was playing / hurt

• were playing / hurt

• played / hurt

What _________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It _________ (be) really noisy.

• were they doing/ were

• did they do / was

• were they doing/ was

• were they doing/ was being

He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ________________________ (ring).

• did taking / rang

• taken / rang

• took / rang

• was taking / rang

It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun ________________________ (shine), the birds ________________________ (sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I ________________________ (meet) an old friend.

• was/ was shining/ were singing/ was walking /met

• was/ shone/ sang / was walking /met

• was/ was shining/ were singed/ was walking /met

• was/ was shining/ were singing/ was walking / was meeting

They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they ________________________ (be) young.

• were living/ were being

• were living/ were

• lived/ were

• lived/ was