Past Simple or Past Continuous – Exercise 1

Choose the correct verb forms. Use Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

1 I a bath when the phone . (to have) (to ring)

2 I a friend when I down the street. (to meet) (to walk)

3 When I the sun . (to wake up) (to shine)

4 We at 150 kph when the police us. (to drive) (to stop)

5 While my wife I the car. (to cook) (to wash)

6 Susan at one corner while I at another. (to wait) (to stand)

7 I the vegetables when I myself. (to chop) (to cut)

8 When we the cinema it . (to leave) (to rain)

9 I my phone when I for the bus. (to drop) (to run)

10 While I on the phone my dog my shoes. (to talk) (to chew)