past simple or continuous (6)
Gap-fill exercise
by A. Denutte
Complete with past simple or past continuous
Complétez les phrases avec le "Prétérit simple" ou le "Prétérit Be + V-ing" :
Pensez à consulter un dictionnaire pour vous aider à comprendre le sens des phrases !
As he (wait)
for the bus, he (see)
the accident.
While it (rain)
, the children (play)
on the beach.
Last Saturday, the children (play)
on the beach. Suddenly it (start)
to rain.
I (interview)
Elton John in 1986. He (wear)
a Donald Duck suit.
The telephone (ring)
while she (have)
a bath.
The plane (take off)
when my friend (arrive)
at the airport. He (miss)
his plane.
The teacher (explain)
a new lesson when the headmaster (come in)
.
I (have)
a shower when someone (ring)
at the door.
While I (have)
breakfast, my father (listen)
to the radio.
They (be)
in Italy when WWII (break out)
.
Check
Hint
OK