1) Use Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. When I ______ (do) my homework, my friend _______ (call) me.
2. She ______ (watch) TV when her mum ________ (come) home.
3. They _______ (play) football when it ________ (start) to rain.
4. He ________ (break) his arm while he ________ (ride) a bike.
5. We ________ (have) dinner when the lights _________ (go) out.




2) Find and correct mistakes

1. She was read a book when the phone ringed.
2. They played chess while their mom cooked dinner.
3. I was walking in the park when I sawed a rainbow.
4. He falled asleep while he watched a movie.
5. We were swim in the pool when it started raining.




3) Make sentences using Past Simple and Past Continuous.

1. (she / sleep / when / her cat / jump / on the bed)
2. (they / have / a picnic / when / it / start / to rain)
3. (I / watch / TV / when / my brother / berak/ a cup)
4. (you / do / your homework / when / I / call / you?)
5. (he / not / listen / while / the teacher / explain / the rule)




4) Fill in the gaps in the poem with the correct form of the verbs:
fight, jump, rule, begin, build, become

"Secrets of the Past"

While pharaohs _______________ Nile’s great land,
Their pyramids quite soon _____________ a brand.
The Greeks _____________________ temples tall,
When Troy’s great walls ________________ to fall.
While gladiators __________________in the sun,
A lion ___________________ ! Oh, run, run, run!

Now learn these rules as old as dust:
"Was -ing" for *long* acts in the past.
For short events Past Simple’s used!
These tenses shouldn’t be confused.