Question

Complete the sentences with the Past Continuous or the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1 Jill
(take) her friend's photo when she slipped and fell over.
(snow) the morning Karen left for her big exam..
2 It
(be) cold so I put on my coat.
4 The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the kids.
5 Nancy was feeling very tired when she.
6 Jessica was calling her friend when she.
(run) round the garden.
(get) home from work.
(drop) her phone.СРОЧНО

Answer 1

Answers

1. Jill was taking her friend's photo when she slipped and fell over.
2. It was snowing the morning Karen left for her big exam.
3. It was cold so I put on my coat.
4. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the kids were running round the garden.
5. Nancy was feeling very tired when she got home from work.
6. Jessica was calling her friend when she dropped her phone.

Notes

• In sentence 1, we use the past continuous to describe the action that was in progress at the time of the other event (the fall).
• In sentence 2, we use the past continuous to describe the weather conditions at a specific time in the past.
• In sentence 3, we use the past simple to describe a single event that happened in the past.
• In sentence 4, we use the past continuous to describe three actions that were happening at the same time in the past.
• In sentence 5, we use the past continuous to describe Nancy's condition at the time of the other event (arriving home from work).
• In sentence 6, we use the past continuous to describe the action that was in progress at the time of the other event (dropping the phone).