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GRAMMAR Revision 2023

The document provides exercises to practice using past continuous and past simple tenses in English grammar. It includes sentences to complete, conversations to fill in verbs, and a short story with blanks to fill with the appropriate verb form. The exercises focus on describing actions and events in the past.

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GRAMMAR Revision 2023

The document provides exercises to practice using past continuous and past simple tenses in English grammar. It includes sentences to complete, conversations to fill in verbs, and a short story with blanks to fill with the appropriate verb form. The exercises focus on describing actions and events in the past.

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GRAMMAR REVISION

Exercise 1: Last weekend I went to the park and I saw my friends there. Can you help
me describe what they were doing? Use Past Continuous to complete the sentences
about the picture:
Sarah and Eva ______________________ football,
they________________ in the park.

Jorge ___________________ a book, he


______________________ his dog.

Elsa ____________________ a sandwich, she


__________________ to music on her
headphones.

Juan and Jose__________________ their bikes,


they __________________ a car.

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.
a) We ___________________ (swim) in the ocean when the rain
___________________ (start).
b) My sister ___________________ (study) while I ___________________ (surf) on the
net.
c) We went to the cinema, but the film wasn’t very good. We ________________ it. ( not
enjoy)
d) Tim ________________ some school supplies yesterday –two pencils, a ruler and a
pen. (buy)
e) We were tired, so we ________________ long at the party ( not stay)
f) “________________ yesterday?” “No, it was sunny” (rain)

g) When they __________________ (arrive), we ______________ (not say) “hello”.


h) While she ___________________ (read) a book, her sister ___________________
(turn off) the lights.
i) When the thieves ___________________ (fall down) the tree, the police
___________________ (catch) them.
j) They ___________________ (see) the accident while they ___________________
(walk) on the beach.
k) She __________________ (not cry) when her mother _______________ (open) the
door.
l) What ___________________ (the teacher/do) when the principal
___________________ (enter) the room?
m) While my friend ___________________ (finish) his homework, I
___________________ (tidy) my room.

Exercise 3: Complete this conversation. Use the simple past or past continuous:

Peter _________________ (cycle) through Dublin when he _________________ (lose) his

way. A dog _________________ (walk) along the street, so Peter _________________

(stop) riding his bike, _________________ (leave) it against a tree and

_________________ (approach) the dog. The dog _________________ (look) at Peter. It

_________________ (seem) as if he _________________ (can) understand that Peter

_________________ (be) lost. At that moment, the dog _________________ (start)

barking, so his owner _________________ (appear).

Peter _________________ (speak) to the owner of the dog: “Excuse me”, he

_________________ (say), “Can you tell me the quickest way to get to Cork?”. The man

_________________ (smile) and _________________ (give) him the right directions. As

Peter _________________ (leave), he _________________ (wave) at the man and the

dog who had helped him.

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