Question

Past Simple or Past Progressive?
Write the correct form of the verb.

1. Christine ______________ (eat) dinner last night when you _____________ (knock) on the door. 2. _______________ (begin) to study at nine last night and I _______________ (still/study) at eleven. 3. When Jack ______________ (drop by) to visit me, I ______________ (have) dinner. 4. Did your parents call you last night while you _______________ (watch) TV? 5. When Sam _______________ (finish) his assignment I ________________ (talk) to my friend on the phone. 6. Yesterday Alicia and Gaby __________ (go) to the cinema; yet I stayed at home to finish my project. 7. As we _____________ (travel) from Paris to Brussels we ______________ (stop) at a small restaurant to get something to eat. 8. While I ________________ (try) to repair the leaking roof, I _____________ (fall) down. 9. My brother __________________ (be born) in Lisbon in 1986

Answer 1

Respuesta:

was eating

knocked

I was beginning to study

was still studying

dropped by

we had

were waching

finished

was talking

went

were traveling

stopped

was trying

felt

was born

Explicación:

Answer 2

Explicación:

1. Christine was eating (eat) dinner last night when you knocked (knock) on the door.

2. I began(begin) to study at nine last night and I was still studying (still/study) at eleven. 3. When Jack dropped by (drop by) to visit me, I was having (have) dinner.

4. Did your parents call you last night while you were watching (watch) TV?

5. When Sam finished (finish) his assignment I was talking (talk) to my friend on the phone.

6. Yesterday Alicia and Gaby went (go) to the cinema; yet I stayed at home to finish my project.

7. As we were traveling (travel) from Paris to Brussels we stopped (stop) at a small restaurant to get something to eat.

8. While I was trying (try) to repair the leaking roof, I fell (fall) down.

9. My brother was born (be born) in Lisbon in 1986