Simple past or past continuous tense

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate simple past or past continuous tense form.

1. Our local team ………………….. the football trophy last year.

a) won

b) was winning

2. My grandfather ……………………. five miles every morning.

a) would walk

b) was walking

3. While I …………………… I suddenly felt giddy.

a) was eating

b) ate

4. We ……………………. our friend’s birthday celebration yesterday.

a) attended

b) was attending

5. I ……………………… for two hours and then I went home.

a) waited

b) was waiting

6. I ……………………. across this book in a wayside bookstore.

a) was coming

b) came

7. When the students …………………… the experiment, they ……………………. an explosion.

a) were performing, were hearing

b) performed, heard

c) were performing, heard

8. I …………………….. a phone call from my mother a few hours ago.

a) was receiving

b) received

Answers

1. Our local team won the football trophy last year.

2. My grandfather would walk five miles every morning.

3. While I was eating I suddenly felt giddy.

4. We attended our friend’s birthday celebration yesterday.

5. I waited for two hours and then I went home.

6. I came across this book in a wayside bookstore.

7. When the students were performing the experiment, they heard an explosion.

8. I received a phone call from my mother a few hours ago.