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Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The document provides information on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to talk about finished past actions, while the past continuous is used for actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past or interrupted actions. 2. An exercise follows that tests understanding of the tenses by having students complete sentences and answer questions using the correct form of past simple or past continuous verbs. The passage describes a tornado hitting Oklahoma and Kansas and the experiences of people during the storm. 3. The exercises test comprehension of when to use each past tense form and practice forming questions and sentences about the events described in the passage using the proper verb tenses.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The document provides information on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to talk about finished past actions, while the past continuous is used for actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past or interrupted actions. 2. An exercise follows that tests understanding of the tenses by having students complete sentences and answer questions using the correct form of past simple or past continuous verbs. The passage describes a tornado hitting Oklahoma and Kansas and the experiences of people during the storm. 3. The exercises test comprehension of when to use each past tense form and practice forming questions and sentences about the events described in the passage using the proper verb tenses.

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Past simple and past continuous

Past simple 3 Complete the text. Use the correct form of


We use the past simple to talk about a finished the past simple or past continuous.
action in the past. At midnight last night rescue teams
Mark went to the cinema last night. 1
(search) for victims after a
Past continuous giant tornado 2 (hit) Oklahoma
and Kansas. The storm flattened more than
We use the past continuous to talk about: 5,000 homes and 3 (injure)
an action which was in progress at a particular more than 700 people.
time in the past.
They were watching TV at nine oclock Robert Hensley 4 (hide) in
last night. his cellar when the tornado 5
an action in the past that is interrupted by another (destroy) his home. I 6 (not come
action out) until two hours later, he said,
I was walking along the street when someone stole My house was gone and I 7
my bag. (not recognize) the street.
Mary Richardson 8 (have) a
1 Choose the correct tenses. bath when she 9 (hear) the
tornado. She quickly 10 (put on)
It was one oclock in the morning and I a coat and 11 (escape) to the
1
was lying / lay awake in bed. The wind local high school. I 12 (run) to
2
was blowing / blew outside and it 3 rained / was the school when the tornado 13
raining. Suddenly I 4 heard / was hearing a loud (strike) my house, she said. It
14
crash. It 5 came / was coming from downstairs. I 6 (be) a very frightening
got up / was getting up and 7 switched on / was experience.
switching on the light. Everything was quiet and
still. Only the clock in the hallway 8 was ticking / 4 Write the questions. Use the past simple or
ticked. I 9 walked / was walking down the stairs past continuous.
when I 10 noticed / was noticing something 1 What / the rescue teams / do at midnight?
strange. The front door was wide open.
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct 2 How many / homes / the storm / destroy?
form of the past simple or past continuous.
3 Where / Robert Hensley / hide / when the
Peter was driving (drive) home when he saw tornado hit his home?
(see) the accident.
1 I (watch) TV when the phone 4 When / he / come out?
(ring).
2 He (wear) sunglasses when I 5 Who / have a bath / when the
(meet) him. tornado arrived?
3 She (fall) asleep while she
(do) her homework.
4 The pop star (sing) when the
lights (go out).
5 It (start) to rain when we
(walk) on the beach.

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