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Name

No.

Teacher

Date

WORKSHEET

Class
Evaluation

PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

A

What were these people doing at 7.30 yesterday evening? Complete with the
past continuous.

1.

Sue

(go) to meet her friends at the railway station.

2.

Mary and Carol

the concert.

3.

David

4.

Davids mother

5.

His father

6.

The students

(dress up) to go to
(not have) a bath.
(make) a cup of tea.
(not drive) back home.
(do) research work.

7.

(you / paint) the fence?

8.

(they / sleep) on the sofa?

9.

(Brigitte / sit) at her desk at work?

Complete the sentences with the past simple or continuous.

1.

I
(go) off.

(watch) the football match on TV when the electricity

2.

It's strange that you

you.

3.

What

(you/do) when the fire

4.

John

(not wait) for me when I

5.

6.

Anne

7.

The postman

(call) because I

(not know) what to say when she

(write) a letter while Steve

(think, just) about

(start)?
(arrive).
(ask) me that.
(read) The Times.

(come) when I
(clean) my mothers car.

8.

While they
they

9.

Why
He
school.

(he/leave) so early?
(have) to get up early for
(not see) me because they
(talk) to each other.

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10. They

(run) in the park,

(see) Jessica.