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Exercise "Past simple or continuous", created by mylaw (a free exercise to learn English):
Results of the 3 097 people who have taken this test:
Average mark: 71 / 100 Share


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Stats (2526 candidates)
Question 1 passed: 83.8 %
My mother * (sing) in the kitchen when I woke up.

Question 2 passed: 78.6 %
I was having my breakfast when my father *(go) to the garage.

Question 3 passed: 78.8 %
I * (listen) to my favourite CD when my sister switched off the light.

Question 4 passed: 78.3 %
My father *(clean) the car when he saw a police van park along the pavement.

Question 5 passed: 50.9 %
He wondered why the two policemen * (wait) near our house.

Question 6 passed: 75.3 %
I * (look) through the window when I saw the postman.

Question 7 passed: 71.5 %
I was going to the letter box when I * (hear) Julia, my old and rich neighbour speaking with the policemen.

Question 8 passed: 57 %
Every day, somebody dropped a rose at her door while she * (go) to the baker's.

Question 9 passed: 69.8 %
She always threw the flowers away when she * (arrive). So she asked the police to do an investigation.

Question 10 passed: 68.3 %
Later, they * (see) a man carrying a bunch of roses and a vase in front of Julia's house. He was her banker.


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