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Past Simple and Continuous

This document contains a grammar exercise asking the reader to complete sentences with the correct past tense form of verbs. Students are asked to choose between the past simple or past continuous tenses to fill in the blanks in 36 sentences describing various past events and situations. The sentences cover a range of common scenarios involving actions that were ongoing or interrupted in the past.

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Past Simple and Continuous

This document contains a grammar exercise asking the reader to complete sentences with the correct past tense form of verbs. Students are asked to choose between the past simple or past continuous tenses to fill in the blanks in 36 sentences describing various past events and situations. The sentences cover a range of common scenarios involving actions that were ongoing or interrupted in the past.

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Complete with the correct past form of the verb to be (affirmative o negative).

1. ________ the weather fine last week?


2. He _______ at home yesterday evening. He went to the cinema.
3. __________ you in England last year?
4. They ________ in France last summer. They visited Italy.
5. Where ______ Dan and Simon yesterday?
6. I ______ very tired yesterday because my Friends and I went running in the morning.
7. What _____ the weather like last weekend? ______ it cold? Yes, it __________ hot at all.
8. The children _____ awake early this morning so I could sleep until 10.
9. They _____ tired after the journey. It ________ a long one.
10. Our first house _____ in the centre of town, but now we live in the country.
11. _____ you at school on Friday? No, I _________. I ___________ at home.
12. The first exam _________ easy, but the second one ________.
13. John __________ the first person at the party, Tom arrived first
14. We _______on holiday two weeks ago. We went to Ireland.
15. My grandparents ________ in Paris in 2000. Then they move to Liverpool.
16. My children ________ at the birthday party last Saturday, they _________ ill.
17. _________ your parents angry yesterday? No, they _______.
18. A: _______ you at the cinema on Saturday?
B: I _______ with my friends. We saw
The Hunger games.
19. John and I _____ late for school this morning, the teacher came later tan us.
20. There __________ any information about the accident on the newspaper.
21. Where _______ your sister a minute ago? She _______ in the kitchen.
22. How many books ________ there on the shelf? There _______ only one.
23. There _______ any milk in the fridge.
24. The people ________ at the funfair, they _________ at the beach.
25. I _______ born in Santander in 1964.
26. Greta Garbo _________ a waitress, she __________ an actress
27. The Flintstones ______ prehistoric cartoons.
28. The first films ______ in colour. They ______ in black and white.
29. Christmas ______ six months ago.
30. My friends and I _____ at the cinema yesterday.
31. _______ you at home last night? No, we ________. We ________ at a play. It _______ quite
boring because the actors ________ very good.
32. When ____ your brother in Dublin? He _____ in April.
33. Where ____ Kate yesterday afternoon? She ____ at the shopping centre.
34. My friends ______ (not) at school all day.
35. _______ there any homework yesterday? There _________ any
36. __________ some oranges on the shelf

PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense Past Simple or Past
Continuous.

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.


2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then
suddenly it _________ (start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her.

B: ____________________

(she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he
____________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I
____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved
quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
B: I dont remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my European tour
and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met
them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our
favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________
(discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock __________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come)
to school?

17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________
(finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this
exercise?
20.- Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).

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