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English Test #2
Simple Past – Past Progressive

Name: __Erick Conte___ Score: 25 points

Grade: XI° A
Date: On Thrusday, May 12, 2022.

Choose Simple Past or Past Progressive.

I. Make the simple past or past progressive.

1. I _sat_ (sit) in a café when you __called__ (call).

2. When you _arrived_ (arrive) at the party, who ____was_______ (be) here.
3. Susie ______________was watching_______ (watch) a film when she __heard_______ (hear)
the noise.
4. Yesterday I ________went____ (go) to the library, next I ___had___ (have) a swim.
5. We _________were playing______ (play) tennis when John _________hurt______ (hurt) his
ankle.
6. __________________they did__________ (they/do) at 10 last day)
7. He ____________took_______ (take) a shower when the telephone.
8. When I ____walked___________ (walk) into the room, everyone _____was
working_________ (work).
9. She ______was_________ (be) in the shower.
10. It ________was____ (be) a day last September.
11. He ______________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution _______was living____________
(start).
12. When her train _____got_____ (get) to the station, we ____________ (wait) on the platform.
13. He ________ (be) so annoying. He __________________ (always leave) his things everwhere.
14. On holiday we _______________ (visit) Rome, _____________ (see) the Vatican.
15. Why _____________ (stand, you) on a chair when I ___________ (come) into the room?
16. They _______________ (live) in Germany when they _____________ (be) Young.
17. At 7 yesterday, we ________________ (listen) to music.
18. When I __________ (leave) the house, it ______________ (snowing).
19. She _________________ (work) in a bank when he ______________ (meet) his wife.
20. What ___________________ (you / do) when I _____________ (call) you last night?

II. Write five (5) sentences using simple past or past progressive: affirmative, negative or
interrogative.
1. __She was running for hours__.

2. __He was sleeping all night long_.

3. __What were you doing last night?

4. __He was playing soccer when he broke his leg_.

5. __I wasn’t studying today_.