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Past Simple vs Past Continuous Quiz

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B1 level practice

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1

Complete with the correct form: She ____ watching TV when the phone rang.

2

I ___ a movie when you called yesterday.

3

When the teacher arrived, the students ___ their work.

4

Yesterday, I ___ a letter when the power went out.

5

He __ to the gym at 6 pm yesterday.

6

They ___ dinner when the doorbell rang.

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She ___ to music when I saw her.

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At 8 pm yesterday, I ___ dinner.

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While I ___ TV, the lights went out.

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Last summer, they ___ in Paris.

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Past continuous uses was/were with a present participle for ongoing past actions.

Use past continuous for an action in progress when another action occurred.

Past continuous shows ongoing activity at a past moment; 'finished' is simple past.

Describes an ongoing action interrupted by another event.

Past simple for a completed past action at a specific time.

Past continuous for ongoing action when another event happened.

Ongoing past action; use 'was listening' with 'to music'.

Past simple for completed past action at a specific time.

Past continuous for action in progress when another event occurred.

Past simple for a finished period in the past.

 
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