Past Simple or Continuous?
Danny could never agree with Fred. They ______ (always/argue)
were always arguing
I _____ (not talk) on the phone when you arrived
wasn't talking
I ______ (meet) him before he _____ (become) famous.
I´d met, became
We ___ already _____ (eat) when John ______ (come) home.
We had already eaten when John came home.
While George ______ (clean) his room, his mother ______ (cook) dinner.
was cleaning / was cooking
He ______ ( meet) his old teacher of math once while he ______(live) in London
met / was living
We ______ (see) the movie before, so we __________(watch) a comedy show instead.
had seen, watched
When I ______(get) to the airport I discovered that I ________ (leave) my passport.
When I got to the airport I discovered I had left my passport.
The children ______ (leave) their lunch at home every day last week
left
The cat ____ (not eat) anything while its master ____ (be) in hospital
wasn't eating / was
When I opened the document, I ______(see) that I ________ (forget) to save yesterday’s work!
saw, I´d forgotten
I _______ (open) my handbag to find that I _________ (not take) my credit card.
I opened my handbag to find that I hadn't taken my credit card.
We ______ (talk) about the movie while we ______ (walk) home
were talking / were walking
The bus ________ (come) as soon as I got to the bus stop.
came
He ______ (live) here for three years by the time we (meet).
had lived
met
I ________ (know) my husband for three years when we ________ (get) married.
I had known my husband for three years when we got married.
The more I ________ (see) her the more I ______ (love) her.
saw / loved
He ________(not be) to Cape Town before 1997.
hadn't been
I couldn't see anything as I (lose) my glasses.
I had lost
First I tidied the flat, then I _____(sit) down and had a cup of coffee.
First I tidied the flat, then I sat down and had a cup of coffee.