PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

a.-) we use the past simple to talk about a
complete event in the past.
Yesterday I went to the library
b.-) we use the past simple to talk about
one event that followed another event.
When I left university, I went to work for
a private school.
a.-) we use the past continuous to talk
about an action that was in progress ,
when something else happened.
Last Saturday I was watching TV when
my cousin phoned.
b.-) In a story we use the past continuous
to say what was in progress, when
something happened.

The children were playing football in the

park. Suddenly it started to rain.

Write the correct form of the verbs

+ I (not see) ______seed not____ Susan, when I (walk)

_______walked_____ in the park.
+ While she (do) ______did____ her homework, her father (come)
___________came home.
+ When David (see) ______saw____ Tom, he (not work) _______not
worked____, he(sleep) __were ___sleeping_____ at his desk.
+ The burglar (come) _______came___ while they (play)
_________played___ some loud music.
+ They (not hear) ______heard not____ the burglar because they
(play) ________playing____ the music too loudly.
+ The dog (bark) _________barked__, but nobody (come)
_______came___. + I (watch) _________wacthed__ TV when my
aunt (arrive) _____arrived____. + He (study) _____studied _____ in
Salamanca when the Civil War (begin) _________began__.
+ The lion (not hunt) _______not hunted____ when the man (shoot)
____shooted______ him.
+ We (play) ___played________ cards when the fire (start)
_______started____.
+ He (give) _______gived__ her the ring as the train (leave)
____leaved_____. + They (see) ______seed______ the monkeys while
they (visit) _____visited______ the zoo.
+ We (drive) ______drived_____ to the hospital when the baby (be
born) ______were born ______.
+ Shakira (sing) ________singed__ in a concert when she (lose)
_________lose__ her voice.

+ The police (stop) ______stoped_____ me because I (not / wear)

_______not ____ any clothes.
+ What ____did you_______ (you / do) when the accident (happen)
_______happened____?
+ While we (walk) _____walked_____ in the mountains we (see)
_______seed____ bear tracks.
+ My neighbour (meet) _________meet____ her husband while she
(travel) ________traveled_____ around Catalonia.
+ The students (play) ____________ games on the computer when
the teacher (arrive) ___________.
+ Jim (break) _____broke_______ his leg when he (play)
_________playing_ golf.
+ I (see) _____seed____ an old friend while I (wait) _____wait_____
for the bus.
+ My mother (lose) ________losed___her purse when she (walk)
__walked________ home.
+ I (do) ____did________ my homework when the storm (begin)
___began_________.
+ While I (have) _______haved___ a shower, the lights (go out)
________goes out___.
+ Web the bell (ring) _______rang__, we (play) _________played__
football. + When the students (run) _ran______ in the park, Cristina
(fall over) ________falled over_____.
+ The storm (start) _____started____while we (have) lunch
________haed__. + My mother (cut) bread _______cut____ when she
(cut) ____cut_____ her finger.
+ What (you / do) ______did you______ after you (get) ______got__
home? I (have ) ________haved__ a shower and then I (do)
_______did____ my homework.
+ When I (leave) _____leaved___ school, I (go) _____go____ to Dublin
and (study) ______study_____ English for three months.