Simple Past or Past Continuous - Exercise

Choose simple past or past continuous tense to complete the sentences.

1. I   wasn't knowing didn't know that they were watching me while I was dancing in the kitchen.

2. My father fell off the ladders yesterday while he   was trying tried fix the leaking roof.

3. When the train arrived, we were chatting chatted with my friends.

4. When you first came to this country, I was working worked as a cashier.

5. The first time I saw you, you were playing played the guitar by the beach.

6. I called you as soon as I was hearing heard the news.

7. I don't know what it said but when she received his e-mail, she was crying cried a lot.

8. While it was raining yesterday, we were swimming swam in the sea.

9. We called the insurance company when our car was braking down broke down in the middle of the highway.

10. My dad was coming came home just when the game ended

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