Test . Past Simple or Past Continuous? Variant 1
1. While I (listened/was listening) to the radio, the telephone (rang/was ringing).
2. He (broke/was breaking) his leg when he (skied/was skiing) in the Alps.
3. They (listened/were listening) to the orchestra when the pianist (became/was becoming) ill.
4. Ann (played/was playing) the piano while Tom (painted/was painting) a picture.
5. We (saw/were seeing) an accident while we (waited/ were waiting) for the bus.
6. She (worked/was working) quietly at her desk when suddenly the door (opened/was
opening)
7. What you (read) at 6 o'clock on Sunday
8. She (meet)
Dan while she (work)
in France?
home?.
in the garden when I (come)
9. My mom (work)
10. How fast you (drive) when the police (stop).
you?
1 was listening rang
2 broke was skiing
3 were listening became
4 played was painting
5 saw were waiting
6 was working opened
7 were rading
8 met, was working, came
9 worked
10 were driving stopped