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Past Simple and Past Continuous — Exercise 3

Complete the gaps in Past Simple or Past Continuous.
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Rachel’s parents
in 2013. (divorce)
Rachel’s parents divorced in 2013
  1. 1.
    What
    you
    when I
    you? (do / call)
  2. 2.
    At 4 pm last night, I
    home. (drive)
  3. 3.
    They
    a dolphin when they
    on the beach. (see / walk)
  4. 4.
    We
    at 10 pm yesterday; we
    the dishes. (not relax / wash)
  5. 5.
    I
    photos when someone
    my name. (take / say)
  6. 6.
    Chris
    the bus when he
    an accident. (wait for / see)
  7. 7.
    They often
    to the pub on Sundays. (go)
  8. 8.
    My friend
    his finger when he
    some onions. (cut / chop)
  9. 9.
    He
    to China last year. (travel)
  10. 10.
    Someone
    you a minute ago. (call)
  11. 11.
    Emily
    ,
    her teeth,
    breakfast and
    to work. (wake up / brush / have / go)
  12. 12.
    While the children
    outside, their mother
    a book. (play / read)
  13. 13.
    My neighbors
    the whole evening. (argue)
  14. 14.
    It
    a lot last winter. (snow)
  15. 15.
    Everyone
    my joke for some time. (laugh at)
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