Fill in the blanks with a past simple or past progressive tense form.
1I ............... asleep while I ............................... TV.
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2I ............... dinner at 9 o'clock yesterday evening.
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We use the past progressive tense to say that an action or situation was in progress at a particular point of time in the past.
3Someone ............... while I ........................... a shower.
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We use the past simple for the short action that interrupts the longer background action indicated by the past continuous tense.
4The radio was on but nobody ............... to it.
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5I said Hi when I ............... Susie at the party.
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6She ............... even look at me.
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7I ............... James at the airport a few days ago. He ............................ to Vienna.
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8I ............... a chat with Susie while we ............................ for the train.
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9I ............... for the bus when I ........................... Rahul driving down the road.
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10I was in great difficulty. I ............... what to do.
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11I ............... down the street when I noticed that somebody ............................... me.
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12He ............... the plate but luckily it ...............................
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Done.
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Answers
- I fell, was watching asleep while I …………………………. TV.
- I was having dinner at 9 o’clock yesterday evening.
- Someone called, was having while I ……………………… a shower.
- The radio was on but nobody was listening to it.
- I said Hi when I met Susie at the party.
- She didn’t even look at me.
- I met, was going James at the airport a few days ago. He ………………………. to Vienna.
- I had, were waiting a chat with Susie while we ………………………. for the train.
- I was waiting, saw for the bus when I ……………………… Rahul driving down the road.
- I was in great difficulty. I didn’t know what to do.
- I was walking, was following down the street when I noticed that somebody …………………………. me.
- He dropped, didn’t break the plate but luckily it ………………………….
