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Past Simple - Past Continuous Practice 2

This document contains practice exercises for using the past continuous and past simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences and multiple-choice questions to test understanding of verb tenses. Additionally, there is a section for writing sentences based on given prompts and verbs.

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Past Simple - Past Continuous Practice 2

This document contains practice exercises for using the past continuous and past simple tenses in English. It includes fill-in-the-blank sentences and multiple-choice questions to test understanding of verb tenses. Additionally, there is a section for writing sentences based on given prompts and verbs.

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Past Continuous - Past Simple Practice

A) Complete the following sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. The children ____________________ (play) in the park when it ____________________ (start) to rain.

2. My mom and I ____________________ (watch) a movie when we ____________________ (notice)

someone standing outside. We _______________ (be) so scared that we immediately ______________

(call) the police.

3. She _______________ (arrive) and I ____________________ (have) a bath so ____________________

(can/not/answer) the door.

4. I _______________________ (shop) on Oxford Street yesterday when suddenly I _________________

(see) a famous celebrity. I _______________ (be) so excited that I ____________________ (not/know)

what to do, so I ____________________ (start) shouting like crazy!

5. Mary ______________________ (sleep) while the girls ____________________ (prepare) a cake for

her birthday. When she ____________________ (wake up), she ____________________ (not/be)

happy because the kitchen ____________________ (be) a mess.

6. She ____________________ (not wear) a beautiful dress when I _______________ (see) her.

7. They __________________ (play) football outside while she ________________(do) her homework.

8. ______________________________(Tom/wash) the dishes when Sally phoned him?

9. We __________________ (not watch) an exciting film when the power____________(go) off.

10. While we ____________________ (sit) in the garden, it ___________________(start) to rain.

11. ______________________________________? No, I didn't break my leg when I was skiing.

12. My mom _______________(not be) at home because she _________________ (take) care of my

granny.

13. When my neighbour ____________________(sweep) the floor, she _______________(hear) a noise.

14. The children _______________ (be) hungry, so they ____________________ (buy) some hamburgers.
B) Choose the correct answer.

1. I ___________________________________ to Susan’s house yesterday.

a. Went b. Was going c. were going

2. We ____________________________________ a movie when the lights went out.

a. Was watching b. Watched c. were watching

3. The school _______________________________ all the students that broke the desks.

a. was expelling b. expelled c. were expelling

4. She _____________________________________ a new shirt last week.

a. Bought b. was buying c. buy

5. We ________________________________ to school yesterday because it was a holiday.

a. Don’t come b. didn’t come c. weren’t coming

6. The student ________________________________ what the teacher was saying.

a. Understand b. Doesn’t understand c. Didn’t understand

7. In our Literature class, we ___________________________ a fairy story two days ago.

a. was writing b. were writing c. wrote

8. Last night, my mom prepared a tomato soup and when I _____________________ it, I thought it was

delicious!

a. was tasting b. tasted c. were tasting


● Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple.
Many years ago people ____________ (believe) that some women
____________ (be) witches. These women _______________ (not /
live) in big cities. They ______________ (live) in small villages. People
_____________ (think) they _____________ (behave) strangely
because they ________________ (make) unusual medicines from
plants and they _________________ (not/act) like other people. They
_________________ (say) that they ________________ (not/walk) but
that they __________ (fly) on brooms. Do you believe in witches?

● Look at the pictures and the list of verbs, then fill in the blanks with Past Simple. You have to
use all the verbs and the verb TO BE twice.

Be (x2), thank, become, fall, make, begin, can, see, crash, give, arrive, try,
tell, take, stop, rescue

Two men ____________ at sea in a small motor boat. It ____________ to rain and the sea ____________

very rough. Suddenly the engine ____________. The men ____________ but they ____________ (not) start

it again. Then a huge wave ____________ against the boat and the two men ____________ into the cold

sea. Luckily there ____________ a big ship nearby and the captain ____________ the two men. He

immediately ____________ some of his crew to get a lifeboat and save the men. The crew in the lifeboat

____________ the two men and ____________ them onto their ship. One of the crew ____________ the

men blankets and ____________ them hot drinks. When they ____________ at the harbour the two men

____________ the captain of the ship and his crew for saving their lives.

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