Past Continuous vs Past Simple

Look at the pairs of sentences on the right. Both are grammatically correct.

Click on the sentence that makes more sense.


Додано: 16 листопада 2021
Предмет: Англійська мова, 8 клас
Тест виконано: 99 разів
10 запитань
Запитання 1


Which sentence makes more sense?

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had a bath when the phone rang last night.

was having a bath when the phone rang last night.

Запитання 2

Which sentence makes more sense?

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The students stopped talking when the teacher walked into the room.

The students were stopping talking when the teacher walked into the room.

Запитання 3

Which sentence makes more sense?

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We ran to the car to keep dry when it started to rain.

We were running to the car to keep dry when it began to rain.

Запитання 4

Which sentence makes more sense?

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Were you listening to me? - Yes. You asked me if I had done my homework.


Did you listen to me? - Yes. You asked me if I had done my homework.

Запитання 5

Which sentence makes more sense?

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He broke his leg while riding his bike at the weekend.


He was breaking his leg while riding his bike at the weekend.

Запитання 6

Which sentence makes more sense?

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No wonder she fell off her bike. She didn’t look where she was going.


No wonder she fell off her bike. She wasn’t looking where she was going.

Запитання 7

Which sentence makes more sense?

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read a book when she sent me an SMS.

was reading a book when she sent me an SMS.

Запитання 8

Which sentence makes more sense?

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What did you do when the dog ran into the room? - I jumped out of the window.

What were you doing when the dog ran into the room? - I was jumping out of the window.

Запитання 9

Which sentence makes more sense?

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What were you doing when the dog ran into the room? - I was looking up a word in my dictionary.

What did you do when the dog ran into the room? - I looked up a word in my dictionary.

Запитання 10

Which sentence makes more sense?

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Did you eat lunch when the fire alarm rang?

Were you eating lunch when the fire alarm rang?

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