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NAME: - DATE: - 1. Choose The Past Simple or Past Continuous

This document contains exercises practicing the past simple and past continuous tenses, as well as the "used to" construction. The first section provides 20 sentences for the student to fill in the blanks with either the past simple or past continuous form of the provided verbs. The second section gives 10 prompts for the student to form sentences using "used to" in the affirmative, negative or interrogative form. The third section instructs the student to complete an unspecified exercise.

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NAME: - DATE: - 1. Choose The Past Simple or Past Continuous

This document contains exercises practicing the past simple and past continuous tenses, as well as the "used to" construction. The first section provides 20 sentences for the student to fill in the blanks with either the past simple or past continuous form of the provided verbs. The second section gives 10 prompts for the student to form sentences using "used to" in the affirmative, negative or interrogative form. The third section instructs the student to complete an unspecified exercise.

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NAME:________________________________ DATE:_____________________________

1. Choose the past simple or past continuous:


1.What ________________________ (you / do) when I__________________ (call) you last night?
2.I ________________________ (sit) in a caf when you________________ (call).
3.When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who _________(be) there?
4.Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she ___________ (hear) the noise.
5.Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I ___________ (have) a swim,
later I ________________________ (meet) Julie for a coffee.
6.We ________________________ (play) tennis when John _____________ (hurt) his ankle.
7.What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It_____________ (be) really
noisy.
8.He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone ________ (ring).
9.He ________________________ (be) in the shower whenthe telephone ________ (ring).
10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone ___________ (work).
11.It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun _______________ (shine),
the birds __________ (sing). I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I
____________ (meet) an old friend.
12.He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution ______________ (start).
13.When her train ________________________ (get) to the station, we ________________ (wait)
on the platform.
14.He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He ____________ (always / leave) his
things everywhere.
15.On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome, ____________ (see) the Vatican,
and ________________________ (spend) a few days at the beach.
16.Why ________________________ (you / stand) on a chair when I ________________ (come)
into the room?
17.They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they ________________________
(be) young.
18.At 7pm yesterday, we ________________________ (listen) to music.
19.When I ________________________ (leave) the house, it____________ (snow).
20.He ________________________ (work) in a bank when he ____________ (meet) his wife.
2. Make an affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using used to +
infinitive:
1.I / live in a flat when I was a child.
___________________________________________________
2. We / go to the beach every summer?
___________________________________________________
3.She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.
___________________________________________________
4.He / not / smoke.
___________________________________________________
5.I / play tennis when I was at school.
___________________________________________________
6.She / be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all.
___________________________________________________
7.He / play golf every weekend?
___________________________________________________
8.They both / have short hair.
___________________________________________________
9.Julie / study Portuguese.
___________________________________________________
10 .I / not / hate school.

3. Complete:

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