Question

Past Simple Past Continuous exercises. Write the words in brackets in Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense.
1. I (watch)
TV when she (call)
me.
2. He (jump)
into the river and (rescue)
the drowning man.
3. I (see)
my first baseball match while I (live)
in New York.
4. We (ring)
the police because the neighbours (play)
the music very loud.
5. He (write)
the whole homework during the lunch break.
6. We (play)
in the garden when it (start)
to rain.
7. He (meet)
his girlfriend when he (live)
in London.
8. While I (work)
in the hospital I (decide)
to give up smoking.
9. It (rain)
the whole day so we (decide)
to stay at home.
10. The sun (shine)
so we (decide)
to go for a walk

Answer 1

1. I (was watching) TV when she (called) me.
2. He (jumped) into the river and (rescued) the drowning man.
3. I (saw) my first baseball match while I (was living) in New York.
4. We (rang) the police because the neighbours (were playing) the music very loud.
5. He (was writing) the whole homework during the lunch break.
6. We (were playing) in the garden when it (started) to rain.
7. He (met) his girlfriend when he (was living) in London.
8. While I (was working) in the hospital I (decided) to give up smoking.
9. It (was raining) the whole day so we (decided) to stay at home.
10. The sun (was shining) so we (decided) to go for a walk.