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Category: English tenses

Past simple or past continuous?

Put each verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

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Please use short forms e.g. haven't instead of have not in negative statements and use long forms in positive statements e.g. I am instead of I'm.

1. TV was on but nobody (watch) it.2. Paul, Martha (phone) you three times last evening.3. I was reading a book while Mike (listen) to music.4. I noticed her when she (jog) in the park.5. I have a terrible headache. What (we do) last night?6. Somebody (follow) me.7. The party was so boring that I (want) to go home from the very beginning.8. We (go) to London three times last month.9. We (wait) there an hour and didn't know what to do.10. She (come) to my room and started shouting at me.11. She (leave) the room and went outside.12. The soup you (prepare) tastes very good.13. After the concert finished, I (walk) home.14. I (meet) Kate at the airport.15. I (think) of moving abroad, but eventually I've stayed here.