Past Simple / Past Continuous 2 Welcome to your Past Simple / Past Continuous 2 Name Read and choose the correct form. 1. Ted _____ (work) in a bank many years ago. worked was working were working 2. Sue _____ (play) the piano last holidays. played was playing were playing 3. We met her at the bus stop. She ___________ (wait) for the bus. wait was waiting were waiting 4. She _____ (drive) a car last month. drove was driving were driving 5. Mr. Rambler , what _______ you ______ (do) at 6.30 ? did you do was you doing were you doing 6. Ted _____ (get up) early this morning. got up was geting up were geting up 7. My boss _______ (write) an English exercise at that time yesterday. wrote was writing were writing 8. I __ (not/listen) to music when the murder happened. didn't listen wasn't listening were listening 9. When I called my grandmother, she ____ (play) monopoly. played was playing were playing 10. You _____ (sleep) on a sofa last night. slept was sleeping were sleeping 1 out of 2 Read and choose the correct form. 1. Kathy _____ (fall) off the ladder when she _____ (paint) the wall. fell, painted was falling, was painted was falling, painted fell, was painted 2. The car _____ (brake) down while they _____ (drive) along the road. broke, drove was broking, were driving broke, were driving was broking, drove 3. How fast _____ you _____(drive) when the accident _____ (happen). did you drive, happened were you driving, was happening did you drive, was happening were you driving, happened 4. The Titanic _____ (cross) the Atlantic when it _____(strike) an iceberg. crossed, striked was crossing, was striking crossed, was striking was crossing, striked 5. They _____(sit) down to dinner when the doorbell ______ (ring). sat, rang were sitting, was ringing sat, was ringing were sitting, rang 6. Somebody _____ (knock) on the front door while I _____ (have) breakfast. knocked, had was knocking, was having knocked, was having was knocking, had 7. Peter _____(not/feel) very well, so he _____ (consult) his doctor. didn't feel, consulted wasn't feel, was consulted didn't feel, was consulted wasn't feel, consulted 8. When the ambulance _____ (arrive), the patient _____ (sleep) like a child. arrived, slept was sleeping, was sleeping arrived, was sleeping was sleeping, slept 9. Yesterday while I ______ (walk) down Cherry Lane, I ______ (meet) my friend Thomas. walked, met was walking, was meeting walked, was meeting was walking, met 10. What _____ you _____ (do) yesterday? — I _____(translate) a very long article. did you do, translated were you doing, was translating did you do, was translating were you doing, was translating 2 out of 2
