Revision of past simple and past continuous tenses

What was Nina doing when the telephone rang?

• She was making a salad.

• She was baking.

• She was cooking lunch.

• She was cleaning the kitchen.

• She was trying a new recipe.

Which one shows an action in progress in the past?

• I was reading a book.

• The telephone rang.

In 2001, Manchester United were preparing for a Champions League football match. While a photographer ______ (take) a photo of the team, a strange thing happened.

A man _____ (walk) onto the pitch and joined them.

The players _____ (not look) and didn't say anything.

He _______ the Manchester United kit, but he wasn't a player.

• was wearing

• wore

• is wearing

• wears

Choose the grammatically correct question

• Why was he standing with the team?

• Why he was standing with the team?

• Why he stood with the team?

Eventually, the truth _____ (come) out: the man was a practical joker.

Which action interrupted a longer one?

While I was having lunch, my cousin phone.

• my cousin phoned

• I had lunch

• I was having lunch

• my cousin was phoning

We use the past continuous to describe...

• an interrupted action in the past

• a scene in the past

• an event in progress at a specific moment in the past

• a sequence of an action in the past