INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE SAN ANDRES TUXTLA

LEVEL 7

NAME: JOHANA TOTO GALLARDO.

Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST
CONTINUOUS:

1. He was talking (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They studied (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane was sleeping (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I was walking (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We watched (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer was paying (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber cut (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She was dancing (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It was raining (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It rained (rain) hard last night.

Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. Sally was eating (eat) dinner last night when someone knocked (knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred came (come) at seven-thirty. I was
studying (study) when Fred came (come).
3. While I was studying (study) last night, Fred dropped by (drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents were calling (call) him last night while was watching
(watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When
he
came (come) home, I was talking (talk) to my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice went (go) to the zoo around one. They saw (see) many
kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two hours. While they was walking
(walk) home, it began (begin) to rain, so they stopped (stop) at a small café and had
(have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I went (go) to visit the Parker family. When I got (get) there
around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker was (be) in the yard. She was planting(plant)
flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker was (be) in the garage. He was working (work) on
their car. He was changing (change) the oil.

What’s the question?

how what where

how long what kind of who

how many when why

1. ……………..Who did you visit …………….? I visited my cousin.
2. What did you talk about? We talked about my job.
3. Where did she go? She went to the beach.
4. Who did she meet? She met her friend.
5. What did they speak? They spoke Russian.
6. Where did they swim? They swam in the ocean.
7. When did he had dinner? He had dinner at 8:00.
8. What did you bake? I baked an apple pie.
9. What did she cry about? She cried because her dog ran away.
10. How long did you stay? I stayed for a week.
11. How did you come home? I came home by train.
12. How many hamburgers did he ate? He ate three hamburgers.
13. When did he leave the restaurant? He left the restaurant at 9:00.
14. Who did she write a letter to? She wrote a letter to her mother.
15. How long did they study? They studied all morning.
16. How many photographs did you take? We took a lot of photographs.
17. Who did you send a postcard to? We sent a postcard to our teacher.
18. When did he fall asleep? He fell asleep during the lecture.
19. How did you lose your wallet? I lost my wallet while I was skating.
20. Why did they cover their eyes? They covered their eyes because they were scared.