6. Exercise on Past simple / Past Continuous

1. James (enter)………….. the classroom while the teacher (explain)……………the tenses.

2. We (wait)…………. for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come)…………….around the corner.

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, an 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.