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Worksheet Verb Tenses Past Simple & Past Continuous

The document provides a worksheet with examples of using past simple and past continuous verb tenses. There are 19 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb tense. The sentences describe events that were occurring and actions that were happening at specific times in the past to practice distinguishing between and using the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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Worksheet Verb Tenses Past Simple & Past Continuous

The document provides a worksheet with examples of using past simple and past continuous verb tenses. There are 19 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb tense. The sentences describe events that were occurring and actions that were happening at specific times in the past to practice distinguishing between and using the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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Verb tenses Past Simple & Past Continuous

 Fill in the blanks with the past simple or the past continuous:
1. When I ________________ (arrive) the teacher ________________________ (write) the summary.
2. He _____________________________ (cross) the road when I _________________ (see) him.
3. Why ____________________________ (they / shout) at you when I _______________ (wake up)?
4. They ________________________ (fix) the computer when I ______________ (open) the door.
5. __________________________ (Mary / break) her leg while she _______________________ (skate)?
6. I ________________________ (sleep) when she __________________ (knock) on the door.
7. When I _______________ (see) Jim at the disco he ________________________ (not / talk) to the Dj.
8. I ____________________________ (watch) a film on TV when the electricity ______________ (go)
out.
9. The Titanic ________________________ (not / cross) the Pacific Ocean when it _______________
(strike) an iceberg.
10. Paul ____________________ (not / fall) while he _______________________ (run) away.
11. Carol ________________ (fall) asleep while she _________________________ (read) a book.
12. While my father _________________________ (drive) home, he _______________________ (not /
answer) his mobile phone.
13. While I _________________________ (have) a driving lesson it ___________________ (start) to rain
heavily.
14. When I ______________ (find) the wallet on the street I ___________ (go) to the police and
I _______________ (turn) it in.
15. When Mrs Spencer ___________________ (walk) into the busy office, the secretary
___________________________ (talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks
_____________________________ (work) at their desks and two managers _______________________
(discuss) methods to improve customer service.
16. Last night, Sebastian _________________ (go) at Susan’s house about 9:00 pm, but she
__________________ (not / be) there. She _______________________ (study) at a friend’s house.
17. Sam _________________________ (read) the newspaper while he ______________________ (wait)
for the bus.
18. Yesterday I _______________ (see) Paul at the party and he ______________________ (not /
dance) with Rachel.
19. While my parents ___________________________ (drive) me to a great summer camp I
___________________________ (text) my friends about how happy I was about this type of holidays.

GOOD WORK!!!

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