PAST SIMPLE vs. PAST CONTINUOUS

My family and I _______ (eat) at a restaurant two days ago.

• eat

• ate

• was eating

I ______ (water) plants in the garden at 8 p.m. yesterday.

• was waterring

• was watering

• were waterring

______ (Be) Robbie’s sisters playing in the garden when you came?

• Did

• Were

• Was

The mail arrived very late today. It _______ (come) after eleven o'clock.

• came

• was coming

• comes

Tom was very unlucky. It _____ (rain) every day during his holidays.

• rained

• was raining

• was rained

Mary ______ (prepare) lunch when they _____ (came).

• prepared - was coming

• prepared - came

• was preparing - came

Helen ______ (do) her weekly shopping when she ______ (meet) her old friend, Jane.

• did – met

• was doing – met

• did – was meeting

The sun ______ (shine) when I ______ (get) up this morning.

• was shining - got

• was shining – getting

• shone - got

Jim _____ (wait) at one airport while Max was waiting at another one.

• waiting

• waited

• was waiting

It ______ (rain) very hard, so the referee ______ (decide) not to play the match.

• rained - decided

• was raining - decided

• raining - decided