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Simple Past Tense or Past Continuous Tense
Exercise --- 69
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Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form.

1. I .................... with my son when you ....................
played, called
was playing, were calling
was playing, called
played, were calling

2. The doorbell .................... while I ..................... a bath.
rang, was having
was ringing, was having
was ringing. had

3. As I ........................ for bus, I ............................. Riya crossing the road.
waited, saw
was waiting, saw
waited, was seeing

4. Yesterday, I ....................... to the movies with my wife.
was going
went
had gone

5. When I was a child, we ................ our own amusements.
were making
made
have made

6. When we .................... home, we discovered that water .......................... down the walls.
reached, ran
reached, was running
was reaching, was running

7. It ........................ while I .......................... in Rajkot.
was happening, was living
happened, was living
happened, lived

8. I .................... in Rome for ten years while I ................. a child.
lived, was
was living, was
lived, had been

9. I ......................... all day yesterday.
had slept
was sleeping

10. What ................................. at 10 pm last night?
did you do
were you doing
had you done

11. Who .......................... you that watch?
was giving
gave
had given

12. When I ......................... into the office, everybody ...................
was walking
walked, worked
walked, was working
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Answers

1. I was playing with my son when you called.
2. The doorbell rang while I was having a bath.
3. As I was waiting for bus, I saw Riya crossing the road.
4. Yesterday, I went to the movies with my wife.
5. When I was a child, we made our own amusements.
6. When we reached home, we discovered that water was running down the walls.

7. It happened while I was working in Rajkot.
8. I lived in Rome for ten years while I was a child.
9. I was sleeping all day yesterday.
10. What were you doing at 10 pm last night?
11. Who gave you that watch?
12. When I walked into the office, everybody was working.
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