Teacher Dragana Zafirovska

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Fill in the blanks with the past simple of the verbs in brackets:

1. Carol _______________ (go) to the supermarket and __________________ (buy) the food we
___________ (need) for the party.

2. The cat ____________ (run) away from home last night.

3. We _______________(hear) a terrible noise when the bomb ___________ (explode) yesterday.

4. Some thieves _____________ (break) into Mr Brown’s house and _____________ (steal) two
valuable paintings.

5. When ________________ (you/ last/see) Pam?

6. “Don’t worry, Sarah, I ______________(not/tell) your secret to anybody.”

7. Sally _______________ (refuse) to lend me her dictionary.

8. “______________ (you/ remember) to send a Christmas card to Jack?” “No, I’m afraid I
________________ (forget).”

9. Diana _______________ (miss) the bus because she ____________ (get) up later than usual
yesterday.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

Fill in the blanks with the past continuous of the verbs in brackets:

1. It ______________ (rain) heavily yesterday evening.

2. We ________________ (study) for tomorrow’s exam last weekend.

3. The children________________ (make) such a terrible noise that I punished them.

4. Jason ________________ (play) videogames while his sister ______________ (listen) to music.

5. What _______________ (your mum/do) when the bomb exploded?

6. “Who …___________(Jack/talk) to yesterday morning?” “He _____________(talk) to his boss, Mr

Jones.”

7. Grandma _____________(knit) a nice sweater and a scarf for Peter last week.

8. Jamie and Tom _________________ (not/listen) to the teacher this morning. They
______________(disturb) everybody.

9. The children _______________ (not/ do) what the teacher had told them to do.

10. We __________________(hurry) for the bus when you saw us this morning.