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Exercise "Past simple or past continuous", created by lucile83 (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 332 346 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 58 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): claw / FRANCE, on Friday 26 April - 11:22:
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Stats (316090 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 77.1 %
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: 45.5 %
I immediately * (think) that something terrible had happened.

Question 4 passed: 44.6 %
Actually, a mouse * (run) in the kitchen.

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

Question 6 passed: 49.8 %
It was late and my son * (sleep).

Question 7 passed: 57.4 %
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 %
So, I * (decide) to read a story

Question 10 passed: 53.9 %
but while I * (read), I realised that he had fallen asleep again.


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