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Worksheet 9

The document is a worksheet that provides exercises to practice using the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about events that were occurring (past continuous) or already completed (simple past) in the past. The questions describe people's activities and ask the learner to infer details about what happened while those activities were taking place.

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Worksheet 9

The document is a worksheet that provides exercises to practice using the simple past and past continuous tenses in English. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about events that were occurring (past continuous) or already completed (simple past) in the past. The questions describe people's activities and ask the learner to infer details about what happened while those activities were taking place.

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WORKSHEET 9

SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she was skating…………………. (skate).


2. I met my neighbor while I was walking……. (walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she was riding.. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he was studying……………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they …were dancing…….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I was shaving (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they were baking (bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he was sleeping (sleep) at a friend’s house.

B) How did it happen?

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)


………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. ………………………….
2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
He hurt himself while he was ironing his clothes.
3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
He cut herself while he was slicing onions.
4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
She met her husband while she was fixing a flat tire.
5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
He broke his arm while he was skating.
6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
He lost his wallet while he was riding his bike.
7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
He met his wife while he was swimming at the ebach.
8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
He got a black eye while he was fighting with his brother.
9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
They burnt themselves while they were making breakfast.
10. How did Martha fall? (dance)
He felt while he was dancing,

C) What’s the matter?

What was he / she doing? What happened? What’s the result?


Tina ice-skate fall on the ice break foot
Jack play football kick the goalpost break leg
Bob cycle fall off the bike injure hand
Ann skate fall over break arm
Alice dance trip over the carpet sprain ankle

D) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. He was talking (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They studied (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane was sleeping (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I was walking (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We watched (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer was paying (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber cut (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She was dancing (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It was raining (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It rained (rain) hard last night.

E) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. Sally …was eating……… (eat) dinner last night when someone knocked
(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred came (come) at seven-
thirty. I was studying (study) when Fred …came.. (come).
3. While I was studying (study) last night, Fred dropped by
(drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents …called (call) him last night while we were watching (watch)
TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
came (come) home, I …was talking to (talk) to
my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice went (go) to the zoo around one. They
……saw… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two hours. While they
were walking… (walk) home, it begun (begin)
to rain, so they …stopped.. (stop) at a small café and …had……
(have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I …went… (go) to visit the Parker family. When I
got….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker …was.. (be)
in the yard. She was planting………………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker
was.. (be) in the garage. He …was working…….. (work) on
their car. He was changing (change) the oil.

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