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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains fill-in-the-blank sentences and questions to choose between the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains fill-in-the-blank sentences and questions to choose between the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Use the Past


Simple
a) Yesterday evening I __________________ (work) hard till late because I
__________________ (have) a difficult task to do.
b) They __________________(climb) a very high mountain during their last holidays.
c) My mother __________________(give) me a new CD and my sister and I
__________________(listen) to it immediately.
d) My aunt __________________(play) the violin when she __________________(be)
young.
e) My mother __________________(not mind) and __________________ (give) them
all her support.

2. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

a) The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.


b) The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.
c) Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.
d) Mark´s parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a crash.
e) Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
f) They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.
g)

3. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past or Past
Continuous:

a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall)
off.
b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see) the lion.
c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest.
d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of ink.
e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way.
f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling.
g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring)
h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday.
i) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?
j) I ______________ (see) Carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful
dress.
k) I ____________ (break) a plate last night. I ___________ (do) the washing up
l) __________(you/watch) TV when I _________ (arrive)?
1. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past
continuous of the verbs in brackets.

a) I _________________________ (watch) TV when she ___________________(call).

b) Sam _____________________(wait) for us when we _________________(arrive).

c) ____________she_______________(drive) fast when she _______________(crash)?

d) The last time I __________________(see) Daniel he ____________________(work).

e) He __________________(break) his leg while he ______________________(skate).

f) Emily ___________________(talk) on the phone when I ______________(come) in.

g) I_________________(not answer) the phone because I _________________(study).

h) While the teacher _________________ (talk), he ________________ (look) outside.

i) When my sister ____________(be) younger, she ________________ (not like) soup.

j) He ____________(make) a lot of friends while he ______________(live) in the US.

k) I__________________ (miss) the bus because I ___________________(sleep).

l) They ________________(not pay) attention when the teacher ____________(call)

them.

m) When I ____________(see) her, she ___________________(stand) at the bus stop.

n) When I ________________ (check) my passport, I __________________ (notice)

that it ____________(be) no longer valid.

o) While Charles _____________________(read) the newspaper, the kids

____________________(play) football in the garden.

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