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PAST SIMPLE OR PAST


CONTINUOUS EXERCISE 1
PERFECT ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Past Simple and Past Continuous Exercise 1

Here's an exercise to practise the verb tenses. Choose the past simple or

past continuous tense.


You can review how to use the past simple here and how to use the past

continuous here.

Finally, click here to download this exercise in PDF with answers.

Choose Past Simple or Past Continuous 1


Make the past simple or past continuous

CHECK
1) I was sitting (sit) in a cafe

when you called (call) .


:
[ was sitting ] [ called ]
SHOW

2) When you arrived (arrive) CHECK

at the party, who was


(be) there?
SHOW
[ . ][ . ]

3) Susie was watching (watch) a CHECK

film when she heard (hear)


the noise.
[ . ][ . ] SHOW

4) Yesterday I went (go) to


CHECK
the library, next I had

(have) a swim, later I met

(meet) Julie for coffee. SHOW

[ . ][ . ][ . ]

5) We were playing (play) tennis


CHECK

when John hurt (hurt) his


ankle.
[ were playing ] [ hurt ] SHOW
:
6) What were they doing (they/do) at
10pm last night - it was really noisy? CHECK

[.]

SHOW

7) He was taking (take) a CHECK

shower when the telephone


rang (ring).
[ . ][ . ] SHOW

8) He was (be) in the CHECK

shower when the telephone


rang (ring).
[ . ][ . ] SHOW

CHECK
9) When I walked (walk) into

the room, everyone was working


(work). SHOW
[ . ][ . ]

10) It was (be) a day last

September. The sun was shining


:
(shine) and the birds were singing
CHECK
(sing) . I was walking (walk)

along the street when I met

(meet) an old friend. SHOW


[ . ][ . ][ . ][ . ][ . ]

11) He was living (live) in Russia CHECK

when the Revolution started


(start).
SHOW
[ . ][ . ]

12) When her train got CHECK

(get) to the station, we were waiting

(wait) on the platform.


SHOW
[ . ][ . ]

13) He was (be) so CHECK

annoying! He was always leaving


(always leave) his things everywhere.
[ . ][ . ] SHOW

14) On holiday we visited


CHECK
(visit) Rome, saw (see)
:
the Vatican, and spent
SHOW
(spend) a few days at the beach.
[ . ][ . ][ . ]

CHECK
15) Why were you standing (stand) on a

chair when I came (come)


into the room? SHOW

[ . ][ . ]

16) They lived (live) in CHECK

Germany when they were


(be) young.
SHOW
[ . ][ . ]

CHECK
17) At 7pm yesterday, we
✋"
were listening (listen) to music.
[.]
SHOW

Wait! Before
you go... CHECK
18) When I left (leave)

Really (snow).
the house, it was snowing
[ . ][ . ]
understand SHOW

the English
tenses with
:
tenses with
19) He was working (work) in a

bank when he met my free


CHECK

(meet) his wife. tenses PDFs


[ . ][ . ]
SHOW

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20) What were you doing (you/do) CHECK

when I called I consent to being


(call) you last
added to the
night? newsletter*
SHOW
[ . ][ . ]
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