Tense Comparison exercises — Set 2: Past Simple vs Past Continuous (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 15 min
I TV when the phone .
While she dinner, the doorbell .
Yesterday I to the supermarket and some groceries.
What you at 8 o'clock last night?
When I home, it heavily.
She when she off the ladder.
They tennis all afternoon yesterday.
While the students , the teacher their essays.
I my keys while I for the bus.
He a noise and up.
At midnight, everyone except Tom who a book.
The sun when we for our hike.
I in the park when I an old friend.
They married in 2015.
What when the earthquake ?
She her ankle while she down the stairs.
Last summer, we to Italy for two weeks.
I to call you but you on the phone.
While I the report, my computer .
When I young, I every day.
Tense Comparison exercises online (Worksheet)
Master the difference between completed past actions (Past Simple) and actions in progress at a specific time in the past (Past Continuous). Learn to use 'when' and 'while' correctly in narratives.