Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Select the past simple sentence

• I was playing soccer yesterday

• He was reading a book

• She ate a sandwich with her friends

We use "while" before the past continuous

• True

• False

" S + was/were + ing" is the past simple structure.

• True

• False

We use "when" before the past simple

• True

• False

Select the sentence that is not past continuous

• They were listening to the music

• We were drinking soda

• Pedro was a student

• Maria was sleeping

Select the sentence that is not past simple

• We made a cake

• I had breakfast in the morning

• They were studying math

• You were happy in Paris

I was sleeping when_____________________.

• the phone was ringing

• the phone rang

When ______________________, the children were eating cake.

• I arrived

• I was arriving

They were swimming in the pool while ____________________.

• you were talking on the phone

• you talked on the phone

You___________ when I________________.

• were watching tv / came to the living room

• watched tv / was coming to the living room