Past:Simple or Progressive/ Exercise 3

Past simple or past progressive


1 They .............. (play) cards when the postman ............... (come).

2 I .......... (sweep) the floor when I .............. (hear) a noise.

3 She ............... (watch) TV when the doorbell .................. (ring).

4 We .............. (hear) a cry and ................. (run) into the kitchen.

5 First Ali ................. (buy) the newspaper and then he ......... (take) the plane to Constantine.

6 Souad and Souhila .............. (play) tennis when it ................... (begin) to rain.

7 I think she ................. (wear) her new hat when I .............. (see) her at the zoo.

8 A lot of children ............... (wait) at the station when the star ................ (arrive).

9 They ............ (have) their dinner when they ............... (hear) about the .

10 When the phone ................ (ring) mum .............. (work) in the garden.