PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS

Match the sentences halves

1) The camera was recording

2) You came back home

3) While the audience was waiting for the play to begin,

4) While she was performing her act,

5) The director was asking performers to stay late,

• 1) when it broke down.

  2) when I was watching TV.

  3) they started to play the soundtrack.

  4) her partner did not interrupt her.

  5) so they ordered something for dinner. 

• 1) her partner did not interrupt her.

  2) the whole set fell down close to us and we had to stop recording.

  3) so they ordered something for dinner. 

  4) when I was watching TV. 

  5) they started to play the soundtrack.

Look at the image and choose the best description

• While we were visiting the complex, the bus went back to the terminal.

• When we finished our visit to the film studio, the bus was waiting for us outside the complex.

• When the bus arrived at the complex, we were having a snack at the film city’s café.

Look at the image and choose the best description

• While we were walking on the street, we saw the poster for the new Marvel film.

• When we saw the poster for the new Marvel film, we started to walk on the street.

• We were looking at the poster for the new Marvel film, while some people were walking close to us.

Look at the cartoon and choose the best caption for it

• A) While Wanda placed a decal with her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a man passed by.

• B) Wanda put her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame while a man was looking at her.

• C) While no one was looking, Wanda placed a decal with her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• D) When Wanda was walking on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, somebody placed a decal with her name on it.

His cell phone______ (ring) when he ________(drive)

• was ring/ drove

• rang/ was drive

• was ringing/drove

• rang/was driving

He ................................at 7, .........................a shower and left the house. 

• got up / was having
• got up / had
• was getting up / had

Neil _______ (arrive) late when his boss _______ (make) a speech.

• arrived/was making

• arrived/made

• was arriving/was making

• was arriving/made

• None of the above

The teacher ..........................her while she ......................................during the test. 

• caught / was cheating
• caught / cheated
• was catching / was cheating 

Make a sentence using the past continuous

Make a sentence using the past simple