Past Tense Simple or Past Tense Progressive

1 As he .................................. (cross) the street, he was run over by a car.
2 (you, play) ........................................ football as a boy?
3 My tooth ............................................ (break) when I ........................ (eat) walnuts.
4 While I ..................................... (read) dad .......................... (mow) the lawn.
5 What .............................................. (you, do) yesterday around ten?
6 She ..................................... (study) all afternoon.
7 (you, work) ...................................... when the storm began?
8 Christopher Columbus ..................................... (discover) America in 1492.
9 When I ................................. (leave) school, the sun ........................................ (shine).
10 Who (you, talk) ...................................................... to when I ......................... (come) in?
11 He .................................. (visit) me whenever he ................................. (need) money.
12 I ........................................... (have) dinner when the phone .............................. (ring).
13 While she ..................................... (cook) dinner, he ......................... (write) a letter.
14 My grandmother .................................... (play) tennis until she was sixty-nine.
15 She .................................. (wear) a dark coat when she entered.
16 How often ..................................... (you, go) skiing when you were on holidays in Flachau?
17 What .......................................... (you, do) in the garage last night?, the inspector asked.
18 I ................................... (clean) my car.
19 When I .................................... (arrive), my parents .......................... (sit) in the garden.
20 He .................................... (drive) along the road when the accident ............................ (happen).


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