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Exercise "Past simple or past continuous", created by lucile83 (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 311 840 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 58 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): zebulon02 / FRANCE, on Sunday 07 April - 17:27:
"Comic story. Thanks."


They got a perfect mark


Stats (295585 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 76.9 %
I * (watch) TV when my wife called me.

Question 2 passed: 65 %
When she * (look) up, I realised that she was crying.

Question 3 passed: 45.6 %
I immediately * (think) that something terrible had happened.

Question 4 passed: 44.5 %
Actually, a mouse * (run) in the kitchen.

Question 5 passed: 57.1 %
I * (open) the door and it left.

Question 6 passed: 49.7 %
It was late and my son * (sleep).

Question 7 passed: 57.5 %
I * (switch) off the light in his bedroom,

Question 8 passed: 50.2 %
but he * (hear) me and he woke up.

Question 9 passed: 63.3 %
So, I * (decide) to read a story

Question 10 passed: 53.8 %
but while I * (read), I realised that he had fallen asleep again.


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