Question

Fill in the blanks using the Simple Past or the Past Continuous tense of the words given in brackets :
1 . It _______ ( rain ) heavily all night.
2 . He ________ ( wait ) for me when I ________ ( arrive ).
3 . While they ________ ( come ) home this evening they ( see ) an accident .
4 . It ________ ( rain ) slightly when we ________ ( leave ) the cafe .
5 . While the teacher ( not look ) , the student ________ ( talk ) .
6 . You ________ ( rinse ) your mouth after every meal . Why you ________ ( not do) it now ?
7 . You usually ________ (not carry ) an umbrella . How is it that today you ________ ( carry ) one ?
8 . He ________ ( work ) all weekend .
9 . I lived in Patna , when you ________ ( live ) in Delhi .
10 . We ________ ( play ) table tennis at that time .
11 . As soon as the children ________ ( reach ) home , their parents ________ ( go ) out.
12 . Jack ________ ( not want ) to be disturbed while he ________ ( work ).
13. ________ ( you still work ) when he left ?
14. ________ ( you play ) cricket all evening ?
15. While they ________ ( walk ) along the path , they ________ ( see ) a wounded bird .

Answer 1

Answer:

Past tense --> ALready happened

Pat continuous tense --> Already happened..but we are giving a continuous form to it

Explanation:

1.rained

2.was waiting,arrived

3.were coming,saw

4.was raining,left

5.was not looking,talked

6.were rinsing,didn't do

7.were not carrying,carried

8.was working

9.lived

10.were playing

11.reached

12.did not want,was working

13.Were you still working

14.Were you playing

15were walking,saw

Answer 2

Answer:

1. was raining
2. was waiting , arrived
3. came, saw
4. rained, left
5. did not looked, started talking
6. should have rinse, do not do
7. do not carry, carried
8. worked
9. we're living
10. we're playing
11. reached, had gone
12. do not wanted, was working
13. did you still worked
14. did you played
15. walked, Wounded