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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous Worksheet 2

This document provides a worksheet with 20 sentences to complete using either the simple past or past progressive tenses. Students must fill in the blanks of each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses to indicate whether the action was ongoing or completed in the past. Examples include "Christine (eat) was eating dinner last night when you (knock) knocked on the door" and "I (begin) began to study at nine last night and I (still / study) was still studying at eleven." The worksheet practices distinguishing between and using the simple past and past progressive tenses.

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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous Worksheet 2

This document provides a worksheet with 20 sentences to complete using either the simple past or past progressive tenses. Students must fill in the blanks of each sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses to indicate whether the action was ongoing or completed in the past. Examples include "Christine (eat) was eating dinner last night when you (knock) knocked on the door" and "I (begin) began to study at nine last night and I (still / study) was still studying at eleven." The worksheet practices distinguishing between and using the simple past and past progressive tenses.

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Past Simple or Past Continuous

Worksheet
Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST
PROGRESSIVE:
1. Christine (eat) _________ dinner last night when you (knock) _________ on the door.
2. I (begin) _________ to study at nine last night and I (still / study) _________ at eleven.
3. When Jack (drop by) _________ to visit me, I

(have) _________ dinner.

4. Did your parents call you last night while you (watch) _________ TV?
5. When Sam (finish) _________ his assignment I (talk) _________ to my friend on the phone.
6. Yesterday Alicia and Gaby (go) _________ to the cinema; yet, I stayed at home to finish my
project.
7. As we (travel) _________ from Paris to Brussels we (stop) _________ at a small restaurant
to get something to eat.
8. While I (try) _________ to repair the leaking roof, I (fall) _________ down.
9. My brother (be born) _________ in Lisbon in 1986.
10. I (graduate) _________ from Oxford in 1997.
11. When I . (drive) _________ to work, I (see) _________ Peter.
12. When I (have a bath) _________, the telephone . (ring) _________.
13. I (sleep) _________ when someone . (knock) _________ on the door.
14. While she . (play) _________ games, I .. (work) _________.
15. As I (open) _________ my eyes, I (see) _________ a strange sight.
16. James (tidy) _________ the lounge while I .. (cook) _________ supper.
17. While they (play) _________ caroms, somebody . (break) _________ into the house.
18. I .. (think) _________ of it just when you .. (open) _________ your mouth.
19. When she .. (have a bath) _________, the child . (begin) _________ to cry.
20. She .. (take) _________ out her pen and . (start) _________ writing.

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