English grammar worksheets

Past simple and continuous tense

cooked/was cooking
dinner.

A) Underline the
correct tense.
While we
listened/were
listening to the news,
As the stranger the telephone
came/was coming to rang/was ringing.
the station, a car Kate stood up/was
stopped/was stopping standing up and
behind him. answered/was
answering it.

My grandma never
watched/was never As I drove/was
watching TV. But she driving to work last
read/was reading Friday, a car
books. crashed/was crashing
in front of me. What
did you do/were you
When did you doing when you
start/were you saw/were seeing it?
starting work? I
I stepped/was
started/was starting
stepping on the
at 6 o'clock.
brakes.

He got up/was
Yesterday Carrol
getting up and
wrote/was writing
switched off/was
letters from 10 to 11
switching off the
and then from 5 to 7
light.
again.

When I finished/was
We arrived in Cannes
finishing my
at 2.30. The sun
homework, I
shone/was shining,
people
sunbathed/were I rode slowly.
sunbathing on the
beach and big yachts
sailed/were sailing a) ..............................
near the harbour. We ..................................
parked our car and .......
went/were going

b) ..............................
to the beach. ..................................
.......

He was making a lot

B) Make questions
of noise at midnight.
first and then
negatives.

a) ..............................
..................................
Ex.: We heard a car
.......
outside the house.

b) ..............................
Did you hear a car
..................................
outside the house?
.......

We didn´t hear a car

They came early.
outside the house.

a) ..............................
My neighbour lost
..................................
her purse.
.......

a) ..............................
b) ..............................
..................................
..................................
.......
.......

b) ..............................
His sisters were
..................................
sitting at the table.
.......
a) .............................. b) ..............................
.................................. ..................................
....... .......

b) .............................. I was talking to Tim

.................................. the other day.
.......

a) ..............................
We ran away. ..................................
.......

a) ..............................
.................................. b) ..............................
....... ..................................
.......

b) ..............................
.................................. We were listening to
....... the radio from 5 to 6.

The sun set at 7.45. a) ..............................

..................................
.......
a) ..............................
..................................
....... b) ..............................
..................................
.......
b) ..............................
..................................
.......

It was getting dark at

7.

a) ..............................
..................................
.......