Question

Practise Past Simple & Past Continuous doing this exercise

Choose the correct options.

1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

5 I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

6 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.

7 My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

8 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?

10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

Homework: be ready for the test ( revise pp. 79) , do exercises p. 51 WB

Have a nice and safe day ????.

Answer 1

1. I was listening to the radio when I heard this fantastic song.

2. When the teacher said 'Stop!', I was still trying to finish the last question.

3. I feel really silly! While I was dancing, I fell and broke my elbow.

4. Tim was playing a computer game when his mum called him for lunch.

5. I was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed there was a virus.

6. Ron found a really interesting website about dance music while he was surfing the internet.

7. My mum was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

8. When you saw me yesterday, I wasn’t going to school, I was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.

9. How many pictures were you taking while you were travelling around Ireland?

10. Why were you chatting to Philip while I was trying to tell you something really important?