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Exercise "Past simple or continuous", created by hidalgo (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 7 268 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 57.5 / 100 Share


Latest member with a 100/100 (perfect mark): biscotte92 / FRANCE, on Tuesday 03 January - 09:33:
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Stats (5943 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 77.6 %
1. When I * (meet) her, she

Question 2 passed: 66.7 %
* (go) to the hairdresser's.

Question 3 passed: 48.5 %
2. Rose and Paul * (meet) at a party

Question 4 passed: 75.8 %
when she * (be) 16.

Question 5 passed: 67.5 %
3. The boy * (smoke)

Question 6 passed: 72.5 %
when his mother * (come) in.

Question 7 passed: 49.8 %
4. As he * (meet) her more often and

Question 8 passed: 50.2 %
* (know) her better,

Question 9 passed: 65 %
they * (become) good friends.

Question 10 passed: 46.3 %
5. After she * (leave),

Question 11 passed: 52.5 %
the phone * (ring).

Question 12 passed: 52.8 %
6. While she * (stand)

Question 13 passed: 21.2 %
you * (sit).

Question 14 passed: 42.5 %
7. The family * (go) to London in 2005 when

Question 15 passed: 53.5 %
the father * (find) a new job there.

Question 16 passed: 53.9 %
8. They * (visit) Australia

Question 17 passed: 54.2 %
and then they * (get) married.

Question 18 passed: 62.8 %
9. It is three months since I last * (see) him.


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