Use Simple Past Tense or Past Continuous Tense:-

Simple past and continuous tense exercise:

1. Malik _____ (board) the train when it stopped.

2. The phone ____ (ring) while I _____ (have) dinner.

3. It _____ (rain) heavily last night.

4. As she _____ (get) into the bus, someone _____ (pick) her pocket.

5. She ______ (sleep) when I _____ (call) on her.

6. Her father ______ (buy) her a new car last week.

7. The conductor ______ (tell) him that he ______ (travel) in the wrong direction.

8. His father ______ (ran) his when he decided to go abroad.

9. Ramesh _____ (have) a walk when someone _____ (attack) him.

10.She ______ (cut) her finger while she ______ (cut) the vegetables.

Answers:

1. Was boarding
2. rang, was having
3. rained
4. was getting, picked
5. was sleeping, called,
6. bought
7. told, was travelling
8. was running
9. was having, attacked
10.Cut, was cutting.