Past Indefinite, Past Continuous
Choose the correct form.
1. They ________ swimming every weekend when they were young.
a) were going
b) went
c) use to go
2. First she ________ the text and then she _______ to type it.
a) read … started
b) reads … started
c) was reading … was starting
3. Kate ________ a plate when she ________ the dishes.
a) was dropping … was washing
b) dropped … was washing
c) was dropping … washed
4. It ________ while they ________ for a bus.
a) snowed … waited
b) was snowing … were waiting
c) were snowing … were waiting
5. Caroline ________ the window when I ________ into the room.
a) was cleaning … was coming
b) cleaned … came
c) was cleaning … came
6. Melanie ________ a loud scream as she _______ in the yard.
a) heard … was sitting
b) heard … sits
c) was hearing … was sitting
7. As Andy ________ to his office, he ________ that all the contracts
were still at home.
a) was driving … remembered
b) drives … remembered
c) was driving … was remembering
Keys: 1. b; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b; 5. c; 6. a; 7. a
By Natalya Anikeeva,
Zhlobin, Belarus
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