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Past Continuous vs Past Simple

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  • WAS SUSAN STUDYING/DID SUSAN STUDY at 8 p.m. yesterday?
    Was Susan studying
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: They ______(fish) in their boat, when they _____(find) something strange in the lake.
    were fishing, found
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: I ______(burn) myself when I ______(make) breakfast.
    burnt, was making
  • Mark Zuckerberg ______(study) at Harvard University when he ____ (create) Facebook.
    was studying, created
  • Choose the correct option: It was a beautiful morning. I LEFT/WAS LEAVING home to go to work, Suddenly, the postman WAS KNOCKING/KNOCKED on the front door.
    was leaving, knocked
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: My computer _____ (crash) when I _____(do) my homework
    crashed, was doing
  • Choose the correct option: When my brother DROVE/WAS DRIVING to work yesterday, she SAW/WAS SEEING her old friend from school.
    was driving, saw
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Isaak Newton________(sit) under an apple tree, when an apple _____(fall) on his head.
    was sitting, fell
  • DID LOLA STAND/WAS LOLA STANDING outside when it STARTED/WAS STARTING to rain?
    Was Lola standing, started
  • What DID YOU DO/WERE YOU DOING when I CALLED/WAS CALLING you yesterday at four o'clock this afternoon?
    were you doing, called
  • Fortunately, we DIDN'T SKI/WEREN'T SKIING when the bad weather CAME/WAS COMING.
    weren't skiing, came
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: I _______(watch) TV when my mum _____(come) home yesterday.
    was watching, came
  • A friend _______(text) me when I _____(walk) to school yesterday.
    texted, was walking
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Anabelle _______(visit) the zoo when she ____(see) an elephant for the first time.
    was visiting, saw
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: ________(Archimedes/have) a bath when he ______(shout) 'Eureka!"?
    Was Archimedes having, shouted
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: It _____(rain) when I ______(wake up) this morning.
    was raining, woke up
  • Choose the correct option: The first time I WAS SEEING/SAW my boyfriend, he DANCED/WAS DANCING at a party.
    saw, was dancing
  • Choose the correct option: Molly WAS BREAKING/BROKE her leg when she CLIMBED/WAS CLIMBING a tree.
    broke, was climbing
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: My parents _____(study) at university when they ____(meet).
    were studying, met
  • When the car CRASHED/WAS CRASHING into us, we WAITED/WERE WAITING at the traffic lights.
    crashed, were waiting
  • Choose the correct option: Sorry, I HAD/WAS HAVING a shower when you CALLED/WERE CALLING.
    was having, called
  • Choose the correct option: We WERE HAVING/HAD lunch, when the phone WAS RINGING/RANG.
    were having, rang
  • Choose the correct option I LAY/WAS LYING on the beach when it suddenly STARTED/WAS STARTING to rain.
    was lying, started
  • Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form: Marie Curie ______(not live) in Poland when she _____(win) her first Nobel prize in 1903.
    wasn't living, won