Past Continuous and Past Simple

Mary ..................... lunch when they ................................

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• prepared/ was coming

• was preparing/ came

• was preparing/ was coming

• prepared/ was coming

Tom was very unlucky. It………………….. ever day during his last holiday.

• rain

• rained

• was raining

• are raining

Who was that nice girl you …………… to when I …………… by the pub?

• talk / walked

• talked/ walked

• talked / was walking

• talked / walk

When I ………………… the cafeteria Mary ………… lunch with Peter.

• entered / had

• enter / have

• entered / is having

• entered / was having

We …………………… to Berlin by Robert’s new car last month.

• drove

• was driving

• drive

• is driving

The Sun ………………….. when I ………………… at 8 o’clock in every morning.

• was shine / get up

• was shining / get up

• was shining / got up

• was shined / got up

The baby ………………….. on his bed while his mother ………………. for him.

• was crying / was cooking

• was crying / cooked

• cry / was cooking

• cries / was crying

As Sophie ...................... up Regent Street she ....................... an old friend from collage.

• was walking / met

• walked / meet

• was walking / was meeting

• walked / met

While my sisther ................... home, she ....................... the train accident.

• was arriving / see

• arrive / see

• arrived / saw

• was arriving / saw

Who ................................. to on the phone when I ...................... in?

• were you speaking / came

• was you speaking / come

• are you speaking / came

• did you speaking / come