Past Simple vs Past Continuous Quiz

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. Daniel and Frank ___________ (walk) home when they heard a strange noise.

• were walking

• walked

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. They ___________ (know) someone ___________ (follow) them.

• knew

• was following

• were knowing

• followed

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. The sun ___________ (shine) when I ___________ (wake up).

• was shining

• woke up

• shone

• was waking up

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. I ___________ (lose) my wallet when I ___________ (play) football with my friends.

• lost

• was playing

• was losing

• played

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. They ___________ (have) a party when the lights ___________ (go) out.

• were having

• went

• were going

• had

Fill in the gaps with the correct verb tense: past simple or continuous. When they ___________ (arrive) in Madrid it ___________ (rain).

• arrived

• was raining

• were arriving

• rained

Two years ago, my friends and I (1) ___________ (go) camping. It (2) ___________ (be) sunny and we (3) ___________ (go) swimming. While we (4) ___________ (swim), a film crew (5) ___________ (arrive) with lots of actors. The director (6) ___________ (tell) us to stay in the water because it was natural.

• were swimming

• was

• went

• arrived

• went

I (1) ___________ (meet) my girlfriend last year. I (2) ___________ (see) her while I (3) ___________ (play) football on the beach. I (4) ___________ (ask) her out and she (5) ___________ (accept).

• met

• saw

• was playing

• asked

• accepted

Last holiday term I (1) ___________ (find) a part-time job working in a restaurant kitchen and I (2) ___________ (love) it! I (3) ___________ (do) all sorts of different things and (4) ___________ (learn) a lot from the experience.

• found

• loved

• did

• learnt

My mother (1) ___________ (enlist) me on a summer girl's football school and I (2) ___________ (love) it! The other girls (3) ___________ always ___________ (play) pranks on me - that was annoying - but I (4) ___________ (enjoy) it all the same.

• enlisted

• loved

• were playing

• enjoyed