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Past Simple and Continuous

This document provides examples and exercises to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes: 1. Sentence completion exercises with verbs in brackets to be filled in using the past simple or past continuous. 2. Multiple choice and short answer questions about activities people were doing at specific times in the past. 3. An activity schedule for a summer camp last Tuesday that requires identifying which grade completed each activity based on the tense used (past simple or past continuous). The document focuses on distinguishing between and practicing using the past simple for completed actions and the past continuous for ongoing actions in parallel time frames in the past. Exercises include both isolated sentences and longer passages requiring tense

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Past Simple and Continuous

This document provides examples and exercises to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes: 1. Sentence completion exercises with verbs in brackets to be filled in using the past simple or past continuous. 2. Multiple choice and short answer questions about activities people were doing at specific times in the past. 3. An activity schedule for a summer camp last Tuesday that requires identifying which grade completed each activity based on the tense used (past simple or past continuous). The document focuses on distinguishing between and practicing using the past simple for completed actions and the past continuous for ongoing actions in parallel time frames in the past. Exercises include both isolated sentences and longer passages requiring tense

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Past Simple and Past Continuous.

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. He (not play) tennis today because he forgot his racquet.


2. they (like) their new home?
3. My party is at 8.00 tonight. you (come)?
4. My mother usually (not cook) on Sundays. Sometimes we (eat)
in restaurants and sometimes we (go) to friends for dinner.
5. Why Sarah (not sing) with the other children today?
Because she (not remember) the words.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative of the Present Simple or
Present Continuous.

drive drink watch sleep rain go

1. Take your umbrella, it outside.


2. Many people coffee in the mornings because it helps them wake up.
3. The President his own car. He has a chauffeur.
4. I am ill so I to work today.
5. Its morning here, but in California people because its still night.
6. She the sunset every evening because she thinks the colours are beautiful.

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Many people who (1) (look) for a job today wont find one. Steve Jeffes has got some
important advice if you (2) (try) to find a job. He (3) (believe) that the
reason that many people today (4) (not be) successful job-hunters is because of their
appearance. In his book Appearance is Everything, he (5) (explain) that attractive people
often (6) (find) jobs more easily. Jeffes (7) (not think) that this is fair.
Therefore, right now, Jeffes (8) (collect) data to prove his point. He
(9) (want) to suggest a law so everybody has an equal chance of finding a job.

4 Complete the sentences. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Every morning, I ..................................................................................................... .


2. Right now, we ......................................................................................................... .
3. My friend doesnt ................................................................................................... .
4. People usually .................................................................................... on Sundays.
5. My friends are busy this evening. They ...................................................................
................................................................................................................................. .

5 Write sentences with the words below. Make any necessary changes.
1. sun / the / rise / always / the / east / in / .
..................................................................................................................................
2. pack / right / she / suitcase / now / her / .
..................................................................................................................................
3. understand / you / problem / now / the / ?
..................................................................................................................................

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Past Simple and Past Continuous.

4. Michael / why / that / today / behave / way / ?


..................................................................................................................................
5. sleep / they / go / to / when / usually / ?
..................................................................................................................................
6. on / play / the / Sundays / not / football / children / .
..................................................................................................................................
7. not / weekend / plan / join / this / Sara / to / us / .
..................................................................................................................................

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. My brother (break) his leg while he (ski).


2. The plane (fly) over Africa when one of its engines (fail).
3. Yesterday, I (watch) a film when my TV (break).
4. The children (not sleep) when their parents (return) home.
5. While Rafael (visit) the museum, Bruno (eat) at a restaurant.

7 The table below shows last Tuesdays schedule for Camp Sierra Summer Camp in the USA.
Decide who did the activities below.

Tuesdays schedule
7th Graders 8th Graders
06:30 hike in the forest
08:00 wake up breakfast
09:30 breakfast play ball
11:00 paint pictures watch a film
12:30 watch a film paint pictures
14:00 lunch lunch

9th Graders 10th Graders


06:30 breakfast wake up
08:00 play ball swim in the lake
09:30 swim in the lake breakfast
11:00 sing karaoke hike in the forest
12:30 lunch hike in the forest
14:00 watch a film lunch

1. They were swimming while the 7th graders were having breakfast.
2. They were still sleeping while the 8th graders were hiking.
3. They had had breakfast before they went on their hike.
4. They had already had lunch when they watched a film.
5. They had breakfast after they had hiked in the forest.
6. They were watching a film while the 9th graders were having lunch.

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