past continuous - simple past

When Laura and Adriana arrived, their parents ________________

• sleeped.

• slept.

• was sleeping.

• were sleeping.

When Patrick opened the window, it __________ (snow).

• was snowed

• was snowing

• were snowing

• snowed

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

• called

• calt

• were calling

• was calling

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

• did she gone

• did she went

• were she going

• was she going

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

When Genesis met her friends at the station, she _________ (wait) for her train.

• was waiting

• were waiting

• waited

• wanted

We use past continuos

• For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

• For an action that was happening during a time in the past

• For an action that will happen in the past

• non of the these ones.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

• were standing

• was standing

• standed

• stantsted

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Danilo missed the bus because he __________ (argue) with one of his friends.

• were arguing

• was arguing

• argued

• arguered

Yari was talking to her boss when her mobile phone _________ (ring).

• was ringing

• were ringing

• ringed

• rang

We use the past simple for....

• For an action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past

• For all the action in the past

• none of these options

• For an action that happened during a long time in the past