Past Continuous vs Past Simple / exercises

 Past Continuous vs Past Simple 

Task 1

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 Task 2 

Circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences

a)       Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.

b)       Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.

c)       Who was that nice girl you talked / were talking to when I walked / was walking by the pub?

d)       Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.

e)       When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.

f)        We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert´s new car.

g)       The sun shone / was shining brightly when I got up / was getting up this morning.

h)       Ann finally told / was telling us the whole story about Peter.

Task 3

Read the following sentences and put the verbs in brackets in either the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

a)  As Sophie ___________(walk)  up Regent Street she  ___________(meet) an old friend from college.

b) When ___________(father/arrive) yesterday?

     He  ___________(arrive) late. The train  ___________(be)delayed due to an accident.

c) Who  ___________(you/ speak) to on the phone when I  ___________(come)in?

d) Mary  ___________(read) in bed when she  ___________(hear) a strange noise downstairs.

e) When Mr. Lawrence  ___________(leave) home at 8.30 this morning, the sun  ___________(shine) brightly. However, by 10 o´clock it  ___________(rain) heavily.

f) Sebastian  ___________(arrive) at Susan´s house a little before 11 a.m., but she  ___________(not/be) there. She  ___________(study) at the library.

g) The fireman  ___________(rescue) a 75-year-old woman who  ___________(be) trapped on the second floor of the burning building.

h) ___________(you/do) any shopping yesterday?

i) Yesterday Jane  ___________(fall) and  ___________(hurt) herself when she  ___________(ride) her bicycle.

j) What  ___________(Peter / do) when you  ___________(knock) on his door?

k) Helen  ___________(wear) her dress to the party last night.