The Past Continuous Tense or The Past Simple Tense Test A1 A2 Level Exercises
Question 1 |
What _____ you _____ at ten yesterday?
A | did / did |
B | were / doing |
C | did / doing |
D | was / did |
Question 2 |
Laura _____ a glass while she _____ the dishes.
A | was breaking / was washing |
B | was breaking / washed |
C | broke / washed |
D | broke / was washing |
Question 3 |
I _____ my primary school teacher while I was shopping.
A | meet |
B | met |
C | was meeting |
D | was met |
Question 4 |
He was having dinner __ the phone rang.
A | when |
B | after |
C | because |
D | before |
Question 5 |
What _____ you do when you saw the accident yesterday morning?
A | are |
B | were |
C | did |
D | do |
Question 6 |
I _____ a monkey in the park while I was walking to work.
A | see |
B | saw |
C | did see |
D | was seeing |
Question 7 |
Jason was studying English _____ he heard a strange noise.
A | after |
B | when |
C | what |
D | that |
Question 8 |
Princess Diana _____ in a car crash when she was only 36 years old.
A | die |
B | died |
C | was dying |
D | dies |
Question 9 |
While my mother was cooking dinner, I _____ the table in the dining room.
A | don't set |
B | was set |
C | am setting |
D | was setting |
Question 10 |
We were _____ to music while they were playing football.
A | listen |
B | listened |
C | listens |
D | listening |
Question 11 |
A: What _____ when he fell in the lake?
B: I _____ on the phone.
A | did you do / talked |
B | did you do / was talking |
C | were you doing / talked |
D | were you doing / was talking |
Question 12 |
Sue _____ an old bracelet while she _____ the attic.
A | find / is cleaning |
B | found / was cleaning |
C | founded / cleaned |
D | finded / was cleaning |
Question 13 |
The postman knocked the door _____ we were having a party
A | while |
B | where |
C | what |
D | that |
Question 14 |
A: Why _____ this morning?
B: She _____ her finger while she _____ the salad.
A | did she cry / was cutting / prepared |
B | did she cry / cut / prepared |
C | was she crying / was cutting / was preparing |
D | was she crying / cut / was preparing |
Question 15 |
My mother _____ all my clothes last weekend.
A | did wash |
B | was washing |
C | were washing |
D | washed |
Question 16 |
Mary was sleeping _____ the phone rang.
A | when |
B | but |
C | then |
D | that |
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