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Past Tense Worksheet

This document provides an English grammar worksheet with exercises on using the past simple and past continuous tenses correctly. The worksheet contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions requiring the reader to identify whether the simple past or past continuous tense is being used. It also has exercises where the reader must form questions and negative statements using the past tenses. An answer key is provided to check the reader's work.

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Past Tense Worksheet

This document provides an English grammar worksheet with exercises on using the past simple and past continuous tenses correctly. The worksheet contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions requiring the reader to identify whether the simple past or past continuous tense is being used. It also has exercises where the reader must form questions and negative statements using the past tenses. An answer key is provided to check the reader's work.

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English grammar worksheets from e-grammar.

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Past simple and continuous tense


A) Underline the correct tense.

He was making a lot of noise at midnight.

As the stranger came/was coming to the


station, a car stopped/was stopping behind him.

a) .......................................................................

My grandma never watched/was never


watching TV. But she read/was reading books.
When did you start/were you starting work?
I started/was starting at 6 o'clock.
He got up/was getting up and switched off/was
switching off the light.

b) .......................................................................
They came early.
a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................
His sisters were sitting at the table.

When I finished/was finishing my homework,


I cooked/was cooking dinner.

a) .......................................................................

While we listened/were listening to the news,


the telephone rang/was ringing. Kate stood
up/was standing up and answered/was
answering it.

We ran away.

As I drove/was driving to work last Friday,


a car crashed/was crashing in front of me.
What did you do/were you doing when you
saw/were seeing it?
I stepped/was stepping on the brakes.

The sun set at 7.45.

Yesterday Carrol wrote/was writing letters


from 10 to 11 and then from 5 to 7 again.

b) .......................................................................
a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................
a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................
It was getting dark at 7.
a) .......................................................................

We arrived in Cannes at 2.30. The sun


shone/was shining, people sunbathed/were
sunbathing on the beach and big yachts
sailed/were sailing near the harbour. We
parked our car and went/were going
to the beach.

b) .......................................................................

B) Make questions first and then negatives.

a) .......................................................................

P. We heard a car outside the house.


a) Did you hear a car outside the house?
b) We didnt hear a car outside the house.

b) .......................................................................

I was talking to Tim the other day.


a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................
We were listening to the radio from 5 to 6.

My neighbour lost her purse.


a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................
I rode slowly.
a) .......................................................................
b) .......................................................................

See Key to exercises on the next page

Key to exercises
A
was coming - stopped
watched - read
did you start - started
got up - switched off
finished - cooked
were listening - rang - stood up
- answered
was driving - crashed - did you do
- saw - stepped
wrote
was shining - were sunbathing
- were sailing - went
B
Did your neighbour lose ... ?
My neighbour didn't lose
Did you ride slowly?
I didn't ride slowly.
Was he making ... ?
He wasn't making ...
Did they come early?
They didn't come early.
Were his sisters sitting ... ?
His sisters weren't sitting ...
Did you run away?
We didn't run away.
Did the sun set ... ?
It didn't set ...
Was it getting ... ?
It wasn't getting ...
Were you talking ... ?
I wasn't talking ...
Were you listening ... ?
We weren't listening ...

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