Past Continuous Vs Past Simple
Questions testing your knowledge of when to use past continuous and when to use past simple.
Past Continuous Vs Past Simple
Complete these sentences with the verb (in brackets) in the correct tense and with the correct option from the drop-down list. Note, you can use 2 x past simple or 2 x past continuous if logical.
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I (jog) when I and fell.2.
I (see) her while I in the park.3.
I (meet) him while I in Shanghai.4.
Our team (prepare) the presentation at the same time you the topic.5.
Yesterday I (send) a lot of emails and I also a press release.6.
It happened years ago while I (live) in San Francisco. I both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.7.
My colleague (interrupt) me while I our new product to the client.8.
The taxi (travel) very fast when it the red light.9.
I (made) many good friends when I in my old company.10.
I (talk) to my boss about it when the phone .