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) .