Past Simple vs Past Continuous – Grammar Test (Grade 9)

Choose the correct form: I _____ my homework when my friend called me.

Choose the correct form:

We _____ to the cinema last Saturday.

Choose the correct form: While Tom was cooking dinner, his sister _____ TV.

Choose the correct form: The children _____ football when it suddenly started to rain.

Choose the correct form: My parents _____ a new car two years ago.

Choose the correct form: At 8 p.m. yesterday, I _____ for my English test.

Choose the correct form: She _____ her phone while she was walking to school.

Choose the correct negative form: Jack _____ to school yesterday because he was ill.

Choose the correct question: _____ you sleeping when the alarm rang?

Choose the correct form: When we arrived at the station, the passengers _____ for the train.

Select ALL sentences that correctly use the Past Simple.

Select ALL grammatically correct sentences in the Past Continuous.

Select ALL sentences that correctly describe an action in progress interrupted by another action.

Select ALL grammatically correct negative sentences.

Select ALL grammatically correct questions about past events or actions.

Select ALL sentences in which the Past Simple and Past Continuous are used correctly together.

Complete the sentence with the Past Simple form of the verb in brackets.

Yesterday, Emma _____ (lose) her keys.

Complete the sentence with the Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets.

At 10 o'clock last night, my brother _____ (sleep).

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

While we were having lunch, the doorbell _____ (ring).

Complete the sentence with the negative Past Simple form of the verb in brackets.

They _____ (not visit) the museum last Sunday.

Complete the sentence with the Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets.

What _____ (you / do) when the earthquake started?