Pre-Intermediate Level >> Grammar Worksheets >> Students choose either past simple or past continuous for each space.
Past Simple or Past Continuous Worksheet
Pre-Intermediate
Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or past continuous tense.
1. Helen ____________ (do) her weekly shopping when she ____________ (meet) her old friend, June.
2. The sun ____________ (shine) when I ____________ (get) up this morning. I ____________ (feel) so tired!
3. Jim ____________ (wait) at one airport while Max ____________ (wait) at the other. What a disaster!
4. It ____________ (rain) very hard, so the referee ____________ (decide) not to play the match.
5. When the police ____________ (arrive) at the party, the music ____________ (play) very loud and everybody ____________ (shout).
6. The mail ____________ (arrive) very late today. It ____________ (come) after eleven o'clock.
7. Joan ____________ (become) very angry this morning. She ____________ (speak) to an important client and someone ____________ (enter) the room without knocking.
8. Hank ____________ (cook) in the kitchen. His sister ____________ (offer) to help but Hank ____________ (refuse).
