Tenses - Past simple or Continuous
Quiz by Ben Hopkins
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- Q 1/30Score 0I ________ when the phone rang. (to eat)29was eatingate
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- Q1I ________ when the phone rang. (to eat)was eatingate30sEditDelete
- Q2I ________ computer games for three hours yesterday. (to play)was playingplayed30sEditDelete
- Q3I ________ at three o'clock. (to sleep)was sleepingslept30sEditDelete
- Q4I ________ when you called. (to sleep)was sleepingslept30sEditDelete
- Q5It ________ all night! (to snow)was snowingsnowed30sEditDelete
- Q6It ________ when I woke up. (to rain)was rainingrained30sEditDelete
- Q7I ________ up my umbrella when it started to rain. (to put)putwas putting30sEditDelete
- Q8They ________ at 19:00. (to arrive)arrivedwere arriving30sEditDelete
- Q9It ________ all day yesterday. (to rain)rainedwas raining30sEditDelete
- Q10It ________ to rain just after I left the house. (to start)startedwas starting30sEditDelete
- Q11I ________ my parents immediately when I heard the news. (to call)calledwas calling30sEditDelete
- Q12It ________ when we got home. (to snow)was snowingsnowed30sEditDelete
- Q13I ________ when she came home. (to eat)atewas eating30sEditDelete
- Q14I ________ pancakes yesterday. (to eat)atewas eating30sEditDelete
- Q15I ________ when I heard the news. (to drive)was drivingdrove30sEditDelete
- Q16I ________ when I heard a loud bang. (to eat)atewas eating30sEditDelete
- Q17It ________ to rain when I was walking to the metro station. (to start)startedwas starting30sEditDelete
- Q18I ________ for my keys when I found the money. (to look)was lookinglooked30sEditDelete
- Q19I ________ the metro three times yesterday. (to use)usedwas using30sEditDelete
- Q20I first saw her when I ________ in the park. (to run)ranwas running30sEditDelete
