Question

Choose the correct tense form Past Simple or Past Continuous. 1) They________ to a party last Friday night.(went/were going/was going) 2) Yesterday, he______ (left/was leaving/were leaving) work and _____(took/was taking/were taking) the bus straight home. 3) I ________(met/was meeting/were meeting)a friendly cat while I _____(walked/was walking/were walking) to work today. 4) It _____(rained/was raining/were raining) heavily when she ____(watched/was watching/were watching) the interview on TV.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1 went

2 left/took

3 met/ were walking

4 rained/ was watching

Answer 2

Ответ:

1. were going

2. was leaving/took

3. met/was walking

4. was raining/watched

Answer 3

1) They went to a party last Friday night.

Explanation: In this sentence, "went" is the correct Past Simple tense to indicate a completed action in the past.

2) Yesterday, he left work and took the bus straight home.

Explanation: In the first part of the sentence, "left" is the correct Past Simple tense, as it describes a completed action. In the second part, "took" is also the correct Past Simple tense because it happened after he left work.

3) I met a friendly cat while I was walking to work today.

Explanation: In the first part of the sentence, "met" is the correct Past Simple tense to describe the specific action of meeting the cat. In the second part, "was walking" is the correct Past Continuous tense because it describes an ongoing action in the past.

4) It was raining heavily when she watched the interview on TV.

Explanation: In the first part of the sentence, "was raining" is the correct Past Continuous tense because it describes the ongoing action of raining. In the second part, "watched" is the correct Past Simple tense because it describes a completed action of watching the interview.