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Past-Simple Vs Past-Continuous

The document provides exercises to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. For the first exercise, learners are asked to fill in blanks with the correct past simple form of verbs in parentheses to complete sentences about past actions. The second exercises requires using the past continuous tense to fill in gaps about simultaneous ongoing actions in the past. The third exercises involves rewriting sentences in either the past simple or past continuous as appropriate based on the tense used for other verbs in the sentence.

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Past-Simple Vs Past-Continuous

The document provides exercises to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. For the first exercise, learners are asked to fill in blanks with the correct past simple form of verbs in parentheses to complete sentences about past actions. The second exercises requires using the past continuous tense to fill in gaps about simultaneous ongoing actions in the past. The third exercises involves rewriting sentences in either the past simple or past continuous as appropriate based on the tense used for other verbs in the sentence.

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1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Use the Past Simple


a) Yesterday evening I __________________ (work) hard till late because
I __________________ (have) a difficult task to do.
b) They __________________(climb) a very high mountain during their
last holidays.
c) My mother __________________(give) me a new CD and my sister
and I __________________(listen) to it immediately.
d) My aunt __________________(play) the violin when she
__________________(be) young.
e) My mother __________________(not mind) and
__________________ (give) them all her support.

2. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
a) The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.
b) The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.
c) Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the
door.
d) Marks parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a
crash.
e) Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
f) They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

3. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past
or Past Continuous:
a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall)
off.
b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see) the lion.
c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest.
d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of wink.
e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way.
f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling.
g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring)
h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday.
i) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?
j) I ______________ (see) carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful
dress.
k) I ____________ (break) a plate last night. I ___________ (do) the washing up
l) __________(you/watch) TV when I _________ (arrive)?


1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Past
Simple
a) Yesterday evening I __________________ (work) hard till late because I
__________________ (have) a difficult task to do.
b) They __________________(climb) a very high mountain during their last holidays.
c) My mother __________________(give) me a new CD and my sister and I
__________________(listen) to it immediately.
d) My aunt __________________(play) the violin when she __________________(be)
young.
e) My mother __________________(not mind) and __________________ (give) them
all her support.

2. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets.

a) The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived.
b) The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang.
c) Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door.
d) Marks parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a crash.
e) Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang.
f) They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.
g)

3. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past or Past
Continuous:
a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall)
off.
b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see) the lion.
c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest.
d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of wink.
e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way.
f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling.
g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring)
h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday.
i) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?
j) I ______________ (see) carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful
dress.
k) I ____________ (break) a plate last night. I ___________ (do) the washing up
l) __________(you/watch) TV when I _________ (arrive)?

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