Past simple, continuous, perfect

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past simple / past continuous / past perfect

When do you use the past simple?

When do you use the past continuous?

When do you use the past perfect?

When do you use 'used to'?

Past Simple / Past Continuous

past simple & past perfect

My father .................(read) the newspaper when my sister ....................(phone)

1. was reading/ phoned
2. read/ was phoning
3. readed/ was phoning
4. was reading/ was phoning

He ... (not/have) breakfast when he arrived.

1. had not had
2. did not have
3. had not have
4. have not had

When the accident ..............(happen) I ......................(watch) TV

1. was happening/ watched
2. happened/ watched
3. happened/ was watching
4. was happening/ was watching

While Lynn ........ (sleep)Kim............. (finish) the presentation.

1. sleeped/ finished
2. was sleeping/ was finishing
3. slept/ finished
4. was sleeping/ finished

When we ... (finish) dinner, we ... (go) out.

1. finish, go
2. were finishing, went
3. finished, went
4. had finished, went

What .................(you/do) when he .................(call) ?

1. did you do / called
2. were you doing/ called
3. were you doing / was calling
4. did you do / was calling