Past simple and past continuous

1. What were they doing at …

… 5 p.m. yesterday?

… 10 pm yesterday ?

… 8 o’clock yesterday morning?

… noon yesterday?

2. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the verbs in brackets (Past Simple affirmative,
negative or interrogative).

a. My friend ………….(not to come) to my birthday party last night.

b. ………….Jane …………(find) her dog after all yesterday afternoon ?
c. We …………….(forget) to buy bread for dinner yesterday.
d. She ………………(give) her sister a very nice bracelet last Christmas.
e. Some of my classmates ……………………(not to do) their homework yesterday.
f. …………..you …………..(send) Matt that interesting e-mail last night?

3. Fill in the blanks with Past Simple or Past Continuous.

a. They ……………………………(look) at a nice jacket when they ……………..(see) the woman stealing
the skirt.
b. As I ……………………..(try) to catch my dog in the park, I (find) a wallet next to a bench last
weekend.
c. Jim’s mother ……………….(prepare) dinner while Jim ……………(set) the table.

d. He ………………..(hear) a frightening scream while he……………..(walk) his dog last night.

e. The children ………………(watch ) a horror movie when their father…………..(come) home.

f. The teacher……………………..(read) “Cinderella” fairy tale while the children ……………………….

(listen) attentively.