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Past Cont o Past Simple

This document provides examples to practice using the past continuous (was/were + verb+ing) and simple past tenses in Spanish. It includes: 1) Sentences where you must choose between past continuous or simple past. 2) Exercises filling in blanks with simple past or past continuous verbs. 3) Sentences where verbs must be changed to the correct past tense. 4) Sentences that must be changed to the past tense and then translated to English. The document provides practice distinguishing between and using the past continuous and simple past tenses in Spanish.

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Past Cont o Past Simple

This document provides examples to practice using the past continuous (was/were + verb+ing) and simple past tenses in Spanish. It includes: 1) Sentences where you must choose between past continuous or simple past. 2) Exercises filling in blanks with simple past or past continuous verbs. 3) Sentences where verbs must be changed to the correct past tense. 4) Sentences that must be changed to the past tense and then translated to English. The document provides practice distinguishing between and using the past continuous and simple past tenses in Spanish.

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PASADO CONTINUO o PASADO SIMPLE

1.- Elige la mejor opción para cada oración eligiendo entre pasado continuo o
pasado simple:
- I lived / was living in France for eight years.
- Sue lived / was living in France when her uncle died.
- At 6:15, when you phoned, I had / was having a shower.
- We watched / were watching TV all evening.
- Bill watched / was watching TV when Ann came in.
- My father worked / was working hard all his life.
- They got married while they studied / were studying at London University.
- Yesterday we drove / were driving from Oxford to Edinburgh and back.
- It was a nice evening, so she walked / was walking home from work.

2.- Completa con pasado simple o pasado continuo, usando los verbos del final:
- While I __________ down the road, I ___________ Bill. ( walk; see).
- While I __________ the newspaper, the cat _________ on the table ( read; jump).
- Alan ___________ Helen while he __________ in Morocco ( meet; travel)
- Sally _________ her leg while she ___________ ( break; ski).
- While I ___________ somebody, somebody ____________ my car ( shop; steal).

3.- Pon los verbos entre paréntesis en el tiempo correcto.


- It was a sunny afternoon and people ______ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
suddenly it _______ (start) to rain.
- I tried to explain my problem. _____________ (she/listen?)
- I nearly had an accident today. A car ________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing ________(happen).
- Which hotel __________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? I don’t
remember. I __________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I
________ (stay) in many different hotels.

4.- Pon el tiempo correcto e esta oraciones. Luego traduce.


- When I went out, It _______________ (rain).
- When we asked, they ____________-“no”. ( say).
- When Mary got home, she _________ tea. (make).
- When I walked in, they _________ (talk).
- When I saw John, he _________ (shop).
- When I dropped the glass, it _________ (break).
- When John saw me, he _____________ (stop).
- When I phoned him, he __________ (work).

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