Past Simple & Past Continuous

Vegetables ____ (grow) beautifully last year. They were sweet and juicy.

• grow

• grew

• were growing

She was driving a car when she _____ (hear) a strange noise from under the hood.

• was hearing

• hear

• heard

Judy ________ (watch TV) while Tony _________ (sleep).

• was watching TV / slept

• watched TV / was sleeping

• was watching TV / was sleeping

Children ______ (play) video games while their dad _______ (repair) the dishwasher.

• were playing / was repairing

• played / was repairing

• were playing / repaired

- What ____ you ________ (do) yesterday evening?

• - I ________ (watch) The Vampire Diaries.

• did/do

  was watching

• were/doing

  was watching

• were/doing

  watched

The police _____ (catch) the burglars when they _____ (try) to escape through a window.

• caught

  were trying

• was catching

  tried

• was catching

  was trying

Our teacher ________ (explain) Past Tenses when I _____ (fall) asleep.

• explained

  fell

• explain

  fall

• was explaining

  fell

She _____ (sleep) when I called her.

She was working in the garden when it _____ (start) to rain.

I was washing the dishes when I _____ (break) a glass.