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Past Continuous N Past Simple

The document contains exercises focused on the past continuous tense, including multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank activities, and sentence completion tasks. It aims to help learners practice and understand the correct usage of past continuous and simple past tenses. Each exercise provides a variety of contexts to reinforce learning.

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Past Continuous N Past Simple

The document contains exercises focused on the past continuous tense, including multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank activities, and sentence completion tasks. It aims to help learners practice and understand the correct usage of past continuous and simple past tenses. Each exercise provides a variety of contexts to reinforce learning.

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BÀI TẬP ỨNG DỤNG: PAST CONTITUOUS TENSE

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences


1. John ………….. down the street when he fell.
a. walked b. was walking c. has walked
2. Mike ………….. football when he broke his arm.
a. play b. played c. was playing
3. There is ………….. in the cupboards. We have to go to the supermarket.
a. nothing b. everything c. anything
4. I was watching TV last night when I ………….. a strange noise.
a. hear b. heard c. was hearing
5. As I ………….. towards the window, the curtains started to move.
a. walk b. walked c. was walking
6. Helen was writing a letter when her pen …………..
a. breaks b. broke c. was breaking
7. He ………….. over when he was crossing the road.
a. fall b. fell c. was falling
8. David ………….. to the radio when the batteries ………….. out.
a. was listening – ran b. listened – were running c. listened - ran
9. Something happened to me when I ………….. my aunt yesterday.
a. was visiting b. visited c. visit
10. They were having a party when the doorbell …………..
a. rings b. rang c. was ringing
11. Mai was reading books at the library ………….. 3 p.m yesterday.
a. in b. on c. at
12. He ………….. the bedroom when suddenly he fell off the ladder.
a. was painting b. paint c. painted

Exercise 2: Put in the verb in brackets into the past continuous tense
Example: Eddie __________ a comic. (to read). => Eddie was reading a comic.
1. She was playing. hockey. (to play)
2. They were swimming the pool. (to swim)
3. It was rainning(to rain)
4. We were listening to music. (to listen)
5. The mobile was ringing (to ring)
6. The students were sending messages. (to send)
7. Max was dancing with two girls. (to dance)
8. I was waiting in front of the shop. (to wait)
9. The cat was sleeping in the basket. (to sleep)
10. He was repairing Gerry's bike. (to repair)
11. I was talking to my friend. (to talk)
12. He was making the beds. (to make)
13. The boys were feedingthe parrots. (to feed)
14. We were having breakfast at 5:30 this morning. (to have)
15. She was wearing a nice skirt. (to wear)
16. Tom's younger brother was crying(to cry)
17. Were You taking photos with my new camera, weren't you? (to take)
18. My father was buying vegetables at the supermarket. (to buy)
19. They were sitting on the sofa. (to sit)
20. Robert was lying on the beach. (to lie)
Exercise 3: Choose the correct verb forms. Use simple past or the past continuous tense
1. We were sitting (sit) at the breakfast table when the doorbell rang (ring)
2. He met (meet) a lot of friendly people when he was working (work) in California.
3. When they were leaving (leave) the museum, the sun shined (shine).
4. The students were playing (play) cards when the teacher came (come) in.
5. When the children were playing (play), their parents came(come) home.
6. It started (start) to rain while she was watering (water) the flowers in her garden.
7. When I opened (open) the door, it was raining(rain)
8. While Henry was having (have) a drink at the bar, his wife was phoning (phone) in
the sea.
9. He heard (hear) a loud bang while he was talking (talk) to his friend.
10. While he was having (have) a shower, someone knocked (knock) at the door.

Exercise 4: Put in the verbs in brackets in the simple past or the past continuous tense
1. While I was sending ( send) messages, the school bus arrived (arrive)
2. Cindy broke (break) her leg while she was snowboarding (snowboard)
3. He cut (cut) himself to the radio while he was preparing (prepare) breakfast.
4. My father was driving (drive) at 70 km/h when a policeman stopped (stop) him.
5. The girl were laughing (laugh) that the boy watched(watch) her.
6. My dad fell off(fall off) the ladder while he was painting(paint) the carport.
7. While we were doing (do) crossword puzzles, our teacher came (come)
8. Nick Became (become) sick while he was travelling (travel) in Texas.
9. What were (you / do) doing when you heard(hear) about that bad news?
10. I was reading (read) novels when the house caught(catch) fire.

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