Grammar Exercise: Past Continuous and Past Simple Error

Pre-Intermediate

Look at these sentences that use the past simple and past continuous. Are they correct?


1. When the phone rang during Bill's dinner, he was anwering the phone.
    Correct
    Not Correct

2. All the students were listening to the professor's lecture very carefully.
    Correct
    Not Correct

3. It rained when we left the apartment, so we took the umbrella.
    Correct
    Not Correct

4. Kathy was injuring her knee when we played tennis on Saturday.
    Correct
    Not Correct

5. What were you doing last night when I called you?
    Correct
    Not Correct

6. We arrived at the concert late. People danced and the band played loudly.
    Correct
    Not Correct

7. Did it rain when you were on vacation?
    Correct
    Not Correct

8. What was the policeman doing when the accident was happening?
    Correct
    Not Correct

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