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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous — Exercise 2

Complete the gaps in Past Simple or Past Continuous.
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The children
in the river when the cold wind
to blow. (swim / start)
The children were swimming in the river when the cold wind started to blow.
  1. 1.
    We
    the research together last time. (do)
  2. 2.
    At 6 pm last Sunday, I
    to my aunt. (speak)
  3. 3.
    When he
    from work, his wife
    . (come back / sleep)
  4. 4.
    Andrew
    his last weekend with his parents on the farm. (spend)
  5. 5.
    I
    chess with my younger brother the whole evening yesterday. (play)
  6. 6.
    Tom
    the fence in the garden when his friend
    . (paint / drop by)
  7. 7.
    My mother
    a lot of sweets when she
    in the supermarket. (buy / be)
  8. 8.
    The parents
    the previous day while their children
    a snow castle. (discuss / build)
  9. 9.
    When my sister
    the light, it
    outside. (switch off / pour)
  10. 10.
    My last weekend
    very quickly and it
    time to come back to work again. (end / be)
  11. 11.
    Paul
    the puzzle from 6 till 10 pm last Sunday. (solve)
  12. 12.
    I
    along the alley in the park when I
    my first teacher. (walk / encounter)
  13. 13.
    Amelia
    to move to a big city many weeks ago. (decide)
  14. 14.
    We
    “The Swan Lake” at the Ballet House at that time. (watch)
  15. 15.
    My sister
    in the kitchen when she
    that strange noise from the outside. (wash up / hear)
  16. 16.
    He
    the room and
    in the middle of it. (enter / stop)
  17. 17.
    The students
    to the professor almost the whole lesson. (listen)
  18. 18.
    I
    about my future holidays when you
    and
    me that silly question. (think / enter / ask)
  19. 19.
    They
    building the road last month. (finish)
  20. 20.
    At 3 pm, we
    a meeting with our business partners at the restaurant. (have)
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