Past simple vs. past continuous exercises (multiple choice)

Past simple vs. past continuous exercises - multiple choice

Choose the correct tense in the multiple choice quiz - past simple or past continuous?

As the stranger ___ to the station, a car ___ behind him.
(came, was coming | stopped, was stopping)

As the stranger to the station, a car behind him.

A man wearing sunglasses out of the car and : 'Mike, what are you doing here?'

When I work at 6 o'clock this morning, the sun behind the mountain.

My mum reading and the light on my bedside table. 'Good night and sweet dreams,' she said.

When I my homework for the next day, I dinner for my little sister. She was so hungry.

While we to the news about the fire in our town, the telephone in the hall.

Kate to the hall and the phone. 'Hi, grandpa. What's the matter?'

I my new bike when a black cat on the road in front of me.

I to avoid the cat and into a dustbin standing on the pavement.

As Betty her house on the way to work, she the door open.

When she back home in the evening, a dog in the middle of the living room.

My grandma documentaries on TV. But she non-fiction books about ancient Greece and Rome.

Past simple vs past continuous multiple choice and gap-filling exercises with answers, PDF worksheets and grammar rules.

For elementary - intermediate learners of English as a foreign language.