Past Continuous vs Past Simple

Fill in the blanks with past continuous (was/were + v-ing) or past simple (v2)

01. What ................................. (they/do) at 10pm last night?

• was they doing

• were they doing

• did they do

• had they done

Fill in the blanks with past continuous (was/were + v-ing) or past simple (v2)

02. At 7pm yesterday, we ........................................ (listen) to music.

• was listening

• listened

• has listened

• were listening

Fill in the blanks with past continuous (was/were + v-ing) or past simple (v2)

03. Who ..................... (be) there when you arrived at the party?

• was

• were

• is

• are

04. Choose the correct answer

A: What were you doing at 3pm yesterday?

B: I (clean) my house

• was cleaning

• cleaned

• were cleaning

• was cleaned

05. Laura (study) at 11pm last night

• studied

• was studying

• were studying

• was studied

06. I _____ your call because I was working.

• was missing

• missed

• was missed

07. While I was walking home, I _____ a new shop in the high street.

• notice

• was noticing

• noticed

08. I saw you driving down Green Street yesterday! Where _____?

• were you going

• was you going

• did you go

09. What _________ this time last week?

• was you doing

• did you do

• were you doing

10. I tried to give him some advice, but he _________

• wasn't listening

• was listening

• didn't listen

• weren't listening

• e