PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS EJERCICIOS RESUELTOS 1

Elige el past simple o el past continuous para cada verbo entre

parntesis.

1 I couldnt answer you call because I (drive)

2 We were walking in the mountains when we (see) a strange animal.

3 He had an accident while he (play) rugby with his friends.

4 While he (do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

5 While I was swimming in the river, I (see) some frogs.

6 He (miss) the train because he was talking with some friends

7 I was having dinner, my sister (have) a shower

8 It started to rain while she (water) the flowers in her garden.

9 The exam was very difficult. I (not finish) it.

10 Just when I (finish) the exam, the light went off.

VOCABULARIO DEL EJERCICIO

answer responder miss perder
drive conducir talk hablar
walk caminar shower ducha
see ver start empezar
strange extrao rain llover
while mientras garden jardn
magazine revista very muy
frog rana light luz
river ro went off = go off apagarse

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soluciones comentadas

I couldnt answer you call because I was driving.

1 (la accin de conducir estaba en curso, haba empezado y no haba
terminado)
We were walking in the mountains when we saw a strange animal.
2 (vimos el animal, pero no lo estbamos viendo, sino que fue algo que ocurri de
repente, ocurri y se acab)
He had an accident while he was playing rugby with his friends.
3 (la accin de jugar al rugby estaba en curso, haba empezado y no haba
terminado)
While he was doing his homework, I was reading a magazine.
(Aqu tenemos dos acciones que estaban en curso simultneamente, al mismo
4
tiempo, no hablamos en absoluto de cuando terminaron, sino de que estaban
ocurriendo)
While I was swimming in the river, I saw some frogs.
(La accin de nadir estaba en curso y mientras se estaba desarrolando la de ver
5
las ranas ocurri y se acab. Otra cosa sera haber estado mirando las ranas. ver
conviene ms para past simple, mirar (watch) para continuo)
He missed the train because he was talking with some friends.
6 (perdi el tren, fue una accin puntual, pero la charla con los amigos estaba en
proceso, y precisamente porque fue duradera ocurri la otra)
I was having dinner, and my sister was having a shower.
(Aqu tenemos dos acciones que estaban en curso simultneamente, al mismo
7
tiempo, no hablamos en absoluto de cuando terminaron, sino de que estaban
ocurriendo)
It started to rain while she was watering the flowers in her garden.
8 (hablamos de la repentina aparicin de la lluvia mientras la accin de regar
estaba en proceso, se estaba realizando)
The exam was very difficult. I didnt finish it.
9 (No lo termin, aqu no estoy hablando del momento en que lo estaba
terminando)
Just when I was finishing the exam, the light went off.
(la luz se fue, accin puntual, mientras yo estaba sumido en otra accin, que era
10
terminar mi examen. Haba empezado a terminarlo, estaba en ello, y no haba
acabado)

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