Past Simple & Past Continuous: The others

An activity by Isabel Prez for Students of Secondary Education

Last weekend Carmela Carmela of them. When she strange. There

to the cinema to see "The Others". about ghosts and she is afraid very

it because it

home with her friend Lola, she

a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It a lot and there any taxis on the street, so they still behind them and while they , the lights on the street out

to go home walking. The noise to see what or who it and they next?

for five minutes. Do you know what happened

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive). 1. The receptionist (welcome) in the form. 2. The car (break) 3. The boys (swim) 4. My father (come) to tidy up my room. the guests and (ask) them to fill

down and we (have) while the girls (sunbathe) in, (look)

to walk home. . me

around and (tell) dinner, the others (collect)

5. As long as one group (prepare) wood for their campfire. 6. While the parents (have) about. 7. Martha (turn)

breakfast, their children (run) to bed

off the lights and (go)

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. We (wait) corner. 2. I (cycle) 3. He (pass) 4. I (fall)

for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come) through the park, when I (hear)

around the a strange noise. .

her a message when the teacher (look / not) asleep while I (watch) TV last night.

5. When Mike and Jane (paint) over the paint pot. 6. Tom (break) 7. The phone (ring)

the walls, their dog (knock) frisbee. on the toilet.

his leg when he (play) when I (sit)

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive). 1. I (jog) 2. Robert (fall) 3. Archimedes (discover) a bath. 4. When we (travel) people. 5. While she (speak) 6. When I (leave) 7. Caroline (burn) around Ireland, we (meet) on the phone, the milk (boil) the house this morning, the sun (shine) her hand when she (iron) her clothes. some very nice over. . in the park, when two squirrels (cross) off the ladder when he (pick) my way. cherries.

the theory of buoyancy while he (take)

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past progressive). 1. When I (do)
w as doing

the washing-up, I (break)

broke

a plate. the washinga few chips. a loud bang.

2. While Tom (play) up. 3. He (drink) 4. I (have)

the piano, his mother (do) some juice and then he (eat) dinner when I suddenly (hear)

5. When my father (work) by to see him. 6. She (go) to learn. 7. When it (start)

in the garden, an old friend (pass) out her textbook and (begin)

to school, (take)

to rain, our dog (want)

to come inside.

8. When Jane (do) Blarney Castle.

a language course in Ireland, she (visit)

Simple Past or Past Progressive Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive). 1. While Tom (read) 2. Marvin (come) his emails. 3. The thief (sneak) (leave) 4. Nobody (listen) 5. While we (do) beach. 6. He (wake) into the house, (steal) the jewels and , Amely (watch) home, (switch) a documentary on TV. on the computer and (check)

without a trace. while the teacher (explain) a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) up and (look) at his watch. the tenses. on the