PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

1. Write the past form of the following verbs.

Blow Give
Write See
Talk Buy
Fly Wash
Catch Tell
See Hear
Try Know
Go Understand
Speak Make
Phone Put
Dance Watch

2. Complete with Past Simple

a. I ________________ (buy) a great book last week.

b. My mother __________________________ (not be) a vet.
c. We ________________________ (play) Monopoly at home last night.
d. ____________ Adam _______________ the lost jacket at the party? (find)
e. I __________________________ (be) at the doctor for over an hour
f. My friends __________________ (fly) to Egypt last holidays.
g. ________________Teresa ________________ the sunset yesterday? (see)
h. I ___________ (catch) the bus to Albacete last evening.
i. ____________ they ______________ at the office yesterday? (meet)
j. My brother ___________________ (graduate) from university two years ago.
k. Ellia __________________ (not sing) yesterday at the karaoke.

3. Complete with Past Continuous

a. She ____________________________ (have) a date yesterday at 9 o’clock.

b. On Tuesday, Jane and Mimi __________________________________ (play) tennis
c. Yesterday, I ________________________________________ (watch) Black Panther
d. At 14.30, my family ________________________________ (not eat) a pizza.
e. At 23:00, my sister ______________________________________________ (sleep)
f. On Saturday morning, we ____________________________________ (do) the
shopping at the market.
g. ________________________________________ (you | tidy) your room yesterday?
h. Last month, I _________________________________________ (study) for an exam
i. Mr. Thompson _________________________________ (cook) dinner in the kitchen
j. ____________________________________________ (the teacher | read) exams?
k. Jack and Eve ______________________________________ (sit) near the fireplace
l. The puppy _____________________________________ (catch) mice in the garden
m. My dad _______________________________________ (not run) at the park.
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n. ________________________________________________ (what | Tim and Matt | do)

when you saw them?
4. Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.

a. She ___________________________(surf) when the shark _________________

________(attack) her.
b. He __________________________(dance) at a party when he
________________________ (meet) his girlfriend.
c. I _____________________________(have) a picnic when I _________________
________(see) my sister.
d. Susan __________________________ (arrive) while I___________________
____________ (have) dinner.
e. He ________________________ (play) football and then he _____________________
(take) a shower.
f. Dylan _____________________________ (sell) his car two weeks ago.
g. She _________________ (put) on her coat, _____________________(take) her bag
and ___________________ (leave) the house.
h. While I _______________________ (drive), I ______________________ (have) an
accident.
i. Kate ________________ (have) dinner and then she ___________________ (do) her
homework.
j. The thieves _______________________ (not, hide) in the kitchen when the police
_______________________ (come) in.
k. Sam ___________________ (plan) a party and then he ___________________
(phone) his friends.
l. While we _______________________ (clean) the house, we
_______________________ (break) some glasses.
m. She _______________________ (arrive) when I _______________________ (have)
a bath, so I couldn't answer the door!
n. The boy _______________________ (steal) an apple while nobody
_______________________ (look).
o. What _________ you _____________ (do) at 7 p.m. last night?
p. I __________________ (not, be) at the doctor when Tina _________________
(phone).
q. ______________ you ____________ (tell) Alice about the party?
r. When they _____________ (go) to the museum, the sun __________________
(shine)
s. She ________________________________ (swim) in the pool when she
________________________ (see) Matt

5. Write things you were doing while something interrupted it

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