GRAMMAR REVIEW 2 PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Past simple Past continuous

I. Form: I. Form:
+) I played football yesterday. +) I was playing football at 3 p.m yesterday.

She ate lots of oysters in the party. They were eating some oysters at the party then.
-) I didn’t play football yesterday. -) I wasn’t playing football at 3 p.m yesterday.
She didn’t eat oysters in the party. They weren’t eating oysters at the party then.

?) Did you play football yesterday? ?) Was he playing football at 3 p.m yesterday?

Did she eat oysters in the party? Were they eating oysters at the party then?

II. Use: Past Simple describes an action that II. Use: Past Continuous describes an action that was
happened at a definite time in the past. on progress at an exact time in the past.

III. Past continuous used with past simple:

1. We often use the past continuous first to set the scene, and then the past simple for the
separate, completed actions that happen.
E.g: Susan was looking for Graham, so she didn't sit down. Instead, she tried calling him on her mobile phone.
2. We often contrast an action in progress with a sudden event which interrupts it.

E.g: While Susan was trying to get onto the platform, a man grabbed her handbag.

Exercise 1: Write the past forms of the following verbs.

1. go  ………………... 14. remember………... 27. shop  ……………..

2. arrive  …………….. 15. decide  ………….. 28. enjoy  …………….

3. fly  ………………... 16. see  ……………… 29. pick  ……………..

4. understand ………... 17. copy  …………….. 30. try  ………………

5. sleep  ……………... 18. sit  ………………. 31. need  …………….

6. hunt  ……………… 19. play  …………….. 32. read  ……………...

7. describe  ………….. 20. lay  ………………. 33. come  …………….

8. plant  ……………… 21. study  ……………. 34. wonder  …………..

9. build  ……………... 22. answer  ………….. 35. prefer  ……………

10. think  ……………. 23. live  ……………… 36. find  ……………...

11. pay  ……………… 24. begin  …………… 37. obey  …………….

12. happen  ………….. 25. admit  …………… 38. stop  ……………..
13. permit  …………... 26. enter  ……………. 39. fix  ………………
Exercise 2: Put the regular verbs in Part I into the correct columns.
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Exercise 3: Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. While Tom (read) ………………, Amely (watch) ………………a documentary on TV.
2. Marvin (come) ……………………home, (switch) ………………………on the computer and
(check) …………………… his emails.
3. The thief (sneak) ……………………into the house, (steal)………………….the jewels and
(leave) …………………without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen) ………………while the teacher (explain) ……………………the tenses.
5. While we (do) ……………………a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) ……………………on
the beach.
6. He (wake) ……………………up and (look) …………………..at his watch.
7. The receptionist (welcome) ………………the guests and (ask) …………………them to fill in
the form.
8. The car (break) …………………down and we (have) …………………to walk home.
9. The boys (swim) ……………………while the girls (sunbathe) …………………………
10. My father (come) …………………in, (look) ………………….around and (tell)
……………………… me to tidy up my room.
11. As long as one group (prepare) …………....dinner, the others (collect) ……………wood for
their campfire.
12. While the parents (have) ………………….breakfast, their children (run) …………………
about.
13. Martha (turn) …………………off the lights and (go) ……………………to bed.
14. When I (get) …………………up yesterday, the sun (shine) …………………
15. It (is) ……………………a beautiful morning.
16. So I (decide) …………………… to cycle around a little.
17. I (go) ……………………to the shed and (take) ……………………out my bike.
18. While I (cycle) ……………………past some villages, I (see) …………………… some people
in their gardens.
19. One man (mow) ……………the grass while his wife (pick) ………………strawberries.
20. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly (appear) ………………
and it (start) …………………to rain.
21. Luckily, a farmer (notice) …………………me and (tell) ………………me to come in.
22. While it (rain) …………………outside, I (sit) …………………in the farmer's house.
23. After a while, the sun (come) ……………………out again.
24. I (thank) …………………the farmer for his hospitality and (move) …………………on.
25. What they (talk) …………………………about?
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Exercise 5:

Exercise 5:
1. I ________________ (call) Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be)_________________at
home. He (study) _______________ at the library.
2. I _________________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I
________________ (sleep)
3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun
______________(shine). The birds_____________(sing)
 4. My brother and sister ________________ (talk) about something when I ________________
(walk) into the room.
5. Tom went to his friends ‘house, but the boys ___________________ (not be) there. They
(play)_____________soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
6. The little boy _______________ (fall) asleep while his mother___________________ (read)
him a story.
7. I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it_______________(snow) in Iowa, the sun
______________ (shine) in Florida.
8. While Ted _______________ (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife
_________________ (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.
9. John _________________ (have) a car accident last week. He __________________ (drive)
down the street when suddenly a lorry __________________ (hit) his car from behind.
10. Ten years ago, the government _______________ (decide) to begin a food programme. At
that time, many people in the rural areas _______________ (starve) due to several years of
drought.
11. They ___________________(wait) for me when I _________________ (arrive) at the station.
12. She ________________ (swim) in the sea when I ___________________ (see) her.
13. ___________________they__________________ (play) tennis when it _________________
(start) raining?
14. We __________________ (drive) home from the theatre when the police __________________
(stop) us.
15. The wind __________________ (blow) very hard when I ________________ (go) out this
morning.
16. When she _____________________ (leave) him, he _____________________ (become) quite ill.
17. I _______________ (be) looking for some photos when you rang but I ______________(not
find) them.

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