1. Choose the correct words underlined in each sentence.a) While I was doing /did my...

Question

1. Choose the correct words underlined in each sentence.
a) While I was doing /did my homework, I had a good idea.
b) Jim was breaking/broke his leg when he was playing golf.
c) When I arrived, I was going/went into the kitchen.
d) We were finding/found an old box while we were digging in the garden.
e) I was seeing/saw an old friend while I was waiting for the train.
f) While I had/was having a bath, the phone rang.

2. Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
a) When I (come) came home my family (do) was doing the garden.
d) Peter (turn on) the TV, but nothing (happen).
f) While we (run) in the park, Mary (fall over).
i) While I (listen) to music, I (hear) the doorbell.
j) I (break) my pen while I (do) my homework.

3. Complete the paragraph in the past simple or the past continuous.
Last week my friend Sandy and I (a) decided (decide) to go to the beach on the bus. While we (b) ………… (wait) for the bus, it suddenly (c) ……….. (start) to rain. We (d) ……….. (wear) summer clothes, and we (e) ………. (not have) an umbrella. While we (f) ………… (stand) there in the rain, Sandy’s mother (g) ………… (drive) past, so we (h) ………….(wave) to her. Luckily, she (i) …………. (notice) us, and (j) ………………(take) us home in the car.

Answer 1

1. a) While I was doing, I had a good idea.
b) Jim broke his leg when he was playing golf.
c) When I arrived, I went into the kitchen.
d) We found an old box while we were digging in the garden.
e) I saw an old friend while I was waiting for the train.
f) While was having a bath, the phone rang.
2. a) When I came home my family was doing the garden.
d) Peter (turned on) the TV, but nothing (happened).
f) While we were runnoing in the park, Mary (fell over).
i) While I was listening to music, I heard the doorbell.
j) I broke my pen while I was doing my homework.  
3. Last week my friend Sandy and I (a) decided  to go to the beach on the bus. While we (b) were waiting for the bus, it suddenly (c) started to rain. We (d) were wearing summer clothes, and we (e) did not have an umbrella. While we (f)were  standing there in the rain, Sandy’s mother (g) was driving past, so we (h) waved to her. Luckily, she (i)  noticed us, and (j)took us home in the car.