PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS LHM

Question 1

A: What (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I (clean) my hous

Accepted Answer

were you doing / was cleaning

Question 2

Yesterday I (go) to the Post Office, (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.

Accepted Answer

went / bought / read

Question 3

Peter ______ (fall) asleep while he …………………………………… (study).

Accepted Answer

fell / was studying

Question 4

Mr. and Mrs. Brown __________ (burn) themselves while they …………………………... (bake) cookies.

Accepted Answer

burned / were baking

Question 5

He (work) in the garden when he (find) the money.

Accepted Answer

was working / found

Question 6

Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).

Accepted Answer

was skating

Question 7

We (watch) TV when we (hear) a loud noise.

Accepted Answer

were wathing / heard

Question 8

When he (get) home we started to eat dinner.

Accepted Answer

got

Question 9

Sally …………………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone ………………….. (knock) on the door.

Accepted Answer

was eating / knocked

Question 10

I (watch) ___________________ a thriller on T.V. when the electricity went out.

Accepted Answer

was watching

Question 11

He (sleep) when the doorbell (ring).

Accepted Answer

was sleeping / rang

Question 12

While the teacher ………………………………….. (talk), the students ………………….. (look) at an insect on the ceiling

Accepted Answer

was talking / were looking

Question 13

Why (cry) when I (arrive)?

Accepted Answer

were you crying / arrived

Question 14

He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith _______ (come) in.

Accepted Answer

was talking / came

Question 15

The Titanic (cross) ___________________ the Atlantic when it (strike) ___________________ an iceberg.

Accepted Answer

was crossing / struck

Question 16

At 10 am yesterday, I (sit) on a bus.

Accepted Answer

was sitting

Questions 16