Simple Past&

Past
Continuous

exercise
15 seconds to answers quiestions
1. What (you, do) ________when the accident occurred?
I (try) _________to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2. After I (find) ____the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)

_____to the police and (turn) ___it in.
15 seconds to answer the questions
3. The doctor (say) ________that Tom (be)____too sick to go to work
and that he (need) _______to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Sebastian (arrive) ____at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but
she (be, not) ____there. She (study, at the library) _____ for her final
examination in French.
5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time
yesterday, she (watch, also) ______television. That's all she ever does!

6. I (call) ____you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) _____there.
Where were you?
I (work) ______out at the fitness center.
7.When I (walk) ____into the busy office, the secretary ____(talk) on
the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) _____at their
desks, and two managers (discuss, quietly) ___ methods to improve
customer service..
8. I (watch) ____a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out.
Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

9. Sharon (be) ___in the room when John told me what happened, but
she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not) _____
.
10. The Titanic (cross) ________the Atlantic when it (strike) ______an
iceberg.
• Simple past : It happened and it finished.
• After I found the wallet full of money, I immediately went
to the police and turned it in.

• Mrs. Davis __ (buy) a new sofa last weekend.

• I was a student
• I am a student
• We were students
• We are students
• past progressive talks about something that was
happening before, but for a period of time.
• I was walking down the street when the accident happened
• . I (drop)_____ a cup while I  (wash)_____ the dishes.
• When Juan (drive) _____, he  (notice) _____an animal
on the road.
• The man next to me on the bus from Boulder __ (talk) on his phone
the whole time!
• Some students came in late while the two teams __ (debate).