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Past Simple Past Continuous

This document is a guide for an 11th grade English class containing exercises on past tenses. Part A contains sentences to identify whether the verbs should be in the past simple or past continuous tense. Part B contains sentences with errors to correct. Part C instructs students to watch a video and complete sentences about what different people were doing when an accident occurred based on the video. The document was designed by the English teacher Edwin Javier Ortiz and adapted for use in his class.

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Past Simple Past Continuous

This document is a guide for an 11th grade English class containing exercises on past tenses. Part A contains sentences to identify whether the verbs should be in the past simple or past continuous tense. Part B contains sentences with errors to correct. Part C instructs students to watch a video and complete sentences about what different people were doing when an accident occurred based on the video. The document was designed by the English teacher Edwin Javier Ortiz and adapted for use in his class.

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Colegio Darío Echandía


Guía de aprendizaje de Grado Undécimo
Idioma Extranjero Inglés
Docente: Edwin Javier Ortiz

Nombre del estudiante___________________________________Grupo_____________

Part A: Past simple or past continuous?

1. I (start)_________work at 9 a.m. this morning.


2. While I was washing the dishes, I suddenly (have)____________a brilliant idea.
3. He didn't hear the phone ring. He (listen)____________to really loud music.
4. I didn't buy anything. They (already, close)___________the shop when I got there.
5. The teacher told us to stop what we (do)___________.
6. (find)____________what you were looking for in the library yesterday?.
7. While Emma (watch) ____________football on TV, Monica (listen)__________to the
radio.
8. While I (travel)_________around Australia, I (visit)___________many interesting
places.
9. When I (walk)__________down Fifth avenue, I (discover) __________a wonderful
boutique.
10. I (receive) _________your SMS while I (sit) ___________in the doctor’s waiting room.
11. While Carla (play)___________golf, her husband _________a book in the lounge.
12. I (sit)_________ in a café when you (call)___________.
13. Susie (watch)__________a film when she (hear)_________a noise.
14. Yesterday, I (go)__________to the library, next I (have)__________a swim, later I
(meet)__________Julie for coffee.
15. We (play)__________tennis when John (hurt)__________his ankle.
16. What (they/do)____________at 10 pm last night? It was really noisy.
17. He (live)___________in Russia when the revolution (start)___________.
18. She (work)_________in a bank when she (meet)____________her husband.

Part B: Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentences

1. She was seeing the shark while she was surfing.___________________________


2. What was you doing last night at 8.00pm?
_________________________________
3. I was reading a book when my brother was getting
back.______________________
4. He didn’t liked the film very much._______________________________________
5. What did he see while he swam?________________________________________
6. I was talking to Stephen while the phone rang._____________________________
7. I went to the cinema last night but I wasn’t liking the film._____________________
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Part C: Watch this video http://sauze.english.free.fr/spip.php?article219 and complete the


missing information

What were you doing when the accident happened?

It was ________in the morning. Everybody in the town was ______their own work. But suddenly a
car ______into a tree. Everybody shared this news with other people. They ______:

When the accident happened…

1. I____________my homework.

2. I _________ my guitar.

3. We_________a great party.

4. I ___________________

5. I ________________my car.
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6. I_______________my friend and ________the newspaper.

Designed and adapted by Edwin Javier Ortiz for English courses.

BA in Modern Languages, Universidad del Quindío.

MA in Education/ Bilingual Education, Universidad de los Andes.

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