Past Simple & Past Continuous Practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Practice 

She ___ (feel) pretty sick yesterday

1. Past Continuous
2. Past Simple

You ___ (study) when she called.

1. studied
2. were studying
3. was studying

''Yesterday we ___ (swim) the whole day.''

1. swam
2. were swimming

I ___ (make) dinner, when the phone ___ (ring).

1. was making, ringed
2. made, was ringing
3. was making, rang
4. maked, was ringing

In welke zin worden de past simple & past continuous juist gecombineerd?

1. The pupils wrote a test when the teacher worked on her laptop
2. The pupils were writing a test when the teacher came in.
3. The pupils were writing a test when the teacher was working on her laptop.
4. The pupils wrote a test when the teacher works on her laptop.

They ___ (meet) last year at the carnaval.

1. met
2. were meeting

The students ___ (play) cards when the teacher ___ (come) in.

1. played, came
2. was playing, was coming
3. were playing, came

My friend ___ (to ring) me while I was watching TV.

1. were ringing
2. rang
3. rung
4. was ringing

George ___ (fall) off the ladder while he ___ (paint) the ceiling.

1. was falling, painted
2. fell, was painting

Last night I ___ (read) in bed when I suddenly ___ (hear) a scream.

1. read, was hearing
2. was reading, heard
3. read, heard

It ___ (rain) when we ___ (come) out of the shopping
centre.

1. was raining, came
2. rained, was coming
3. rained, came

He ___ (break) his leg when he ___ (ski).

1. broke, was skiing
2. was breaking, skied
3. broke, skied

We ___ (live) in a house near the sea last summer.

1. were living
2. lived

He suddenly ___ (realize) that he ___ (travel) in the wrong direction.

1. realized, traveled
2. realized, was traveling
3. was realizing, was traveling
4. was realizing, traveled

I understand the difference between the past Simple & past Continuous ....

1. perfectly!
2. quite well, need to study a bit more
3. not really, I need to study a lot
4. not at all! Can you help me?