PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
1. James ____________________ (enter) the classroom while the teacher
____________________ (explain) the tenses.
2. We ____________________ (wait) for Jane, when suddenly Louis
____________________ (come) around.
3. I ____________________ (cycle) through the park when I ____________________
(hear) a strange noise.
4. I ____________________ (fall) asleep while I ____________________ (watch) TV
last night
5. He ____________________ (pass) her a message when the teacher ____________________ (not look)
6. When my uncle ____________________ (work) in the garden, and old friend
____________________ (pass) by to see him.
7. Robert ____________________ (fall) off the ladder when he ____________________
(pick) cherries.
8. While we ____________________ (drive) to Florence the car ____________________
(break) down
9. When the girls ____________________ (arrive), the boys ____________________ (swim)
10. While the parents ____________________ (have) breakfast, their children
____________________ (take) the bus to school
11. I ____________________ (jog) in the park, when two squirrels ____________________
(cross) my way.
12. Archimedes ____________________ (discover) the theory of liquids while he
____________________ (take) a bath
13. While she ____________________ (speak) on the phone, the milk ____________________ (boil) over
14. Caroline ____________________ (burn) her hand when she ____________________ (iron) her clothes
15. When I ____________________ (do) the washing up, I ____________________ (break) a plate
16. When Tom ____________________ (arrive), Jenny ____________________ (watch) a documentary on TV
17. When Albert ____________________ (come) home, I ____________________ (check) my emails
18. While we ____________________ (do) a sight-seeing tour, our friends ____________________ (stay in the hotel
19. When he ____________________ (wake) up, it ____________________ (rain) outside
20. The phone ____________________ (ring) when I ____________________ (sit) on the toilet
21. Tom ____________________(break) his leg when he ____________________(play) volleyball
22. I ____________________ (have) dinner when I suddenly ____________________ (hear) a loud bang.
23. When she ____________________ (go) to school, a friend ____________________ (stop) her
24. When Jane ____________________ (do) a language course in Ireland, she ____________________ (visit) Dublin
25. I ____________________ (not understand) what they ____________________ (talk) about
26. When you ____________________(come) in, I ____________________ (tidy) up my room
27. While the children ____________________ (sleep), the nanny ____________________ (turn) off the lights
28. When I ____________________ (drive) home, I ____________________ (see) an accident.
29. When we ____________________ (travel) around Scotland, we ____________________ (meet) some very nice people
30.When I ____________________ (leave) the house this morning, the sun ____________________ (shine)
