Past simple and Past continuous

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Past continuous with past simple to express actions that interrupt each other.
Jay Flood
Quiz by Jay Flood, updated more than 1 year ago
Jay Flood
Created by Jay Flood over 9 years ago
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Question 1

Question
When I was younger I was feeding my dog when it [blank_start]bit[blank_end] me. I bought a new dog. One day I was [blank_start]doing[blank_end] my homework while the dog was playing outside, when suddenly it [blank_start]began[blank_end] to rain. I was just finishing my homework when the dog [blank_start]jumped[blank_end] on me and I spilled coffee all over my work. I bought a new dog.
Answer
  • bit
  • doing
  • began
  • jumped

Question 2

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The past participle (third column) of the word 'bite' is?
Answer
  • bited
  • bit
  • bitten

Question 3

Question
Which sentence is NOT correct.
Answer
  • I was eating a cake while my mother was cooking dinner.
  • I was waiting for my brother when the rain started.
  • She was eating her dinner while the phone rang.

Question 4

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On Monday I was [blank_start]waiting[blank_end] for the bus when a fast car [blank_start]skidded[blank_end] around the corner and almost [blank_start]hit[blank_end] me. I've [blank_start]been[blank_end] going to that bus stop for years and nothing like that has [blank_start]ever[blank_end] happened. The man next me was [blank_start]reading[blank_end] his newspaper when it happened. He's waited at that bus stop for [blank_start]over[blank_end] ten years but I don't think he will continue.
Answer
  • waiting
  • waited
  • wait
  • skids
  • skidded
  • hit
  • hitted
  • was
  • be
  • been
  • still
  • ever
  • never
  • reading
  • read
  • readed
  • over
  • more
  • only

Question 5

Question
Choose the verbs that are past participles (third column)
Answer
  • waited
  • sang
  • ridden
  • drunk

Question 6

Question
Choose the verbs that are past tense. (not past participle)
Answer
  • hidden
  • hid
  • sang
  • wrote
  • drive

Question 7

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The receptionist [blank_start]___________[blank_end] (welcome) the guests and [blank_start]______________[blank_end] (ask) them to fill in the form.
Answer
  • welcomed
  • asked

Question 8

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Marvin [blank_start]__________[blank_end] (come) home, [blank_start]__________[blank_end] (switch) on the computer and [blank_start]__________[blank_end] (check) his emails.
Answer
  • came
  • switched
  • checked

Question 9

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The boys [blank_start]__________[blank_end] (swim) while the girls [blank_start]__________[blank_end] (sunbathe). .
Answer
  • were swimming
  • were sunbathing
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1 comment

almost 5 years ago
Very good task!

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