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Grammar

Past simple and past continuous


1 Write the past simple form of these regular and irregular verbs.
1 cry 8 chat
2 travel 9 happen
3 send 10 say
4 enjoy 11 know
5 stop 12 try
6 break 13 cut
7 fall 14 turn

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in Exercise 1.
1 Last summer, my friend and I around the south of France. We really ourselves.
2 you at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.
3 Sarah is very angry. What you to her? You to her yesterday.
4 I my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she (not) how to open the attachment!
5 My mobile phone on the floor but the screen (not). That was lucky!
6 I didn’t see the accident. It all very quickly.
7 My PC was making a strange noise so I using it and it off.
8 We to open the box with a knife but my dad himself. There was blood everywhere!

3 Write questions with the past simple.


1 When / you / buy / that tablet / ?

2 How much / your new computer / cost / ?

3 What / you / do / after school yesterday / ?

4 Why / you / not / call me last night / ?

5 Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer / ?

6 Which files / you / delete / ?

7 How many copies / Gary / print / yesterday / ?

8 Which company / Steve Jobs / help to start / ?

4 Write the -ing form of the verbs.


1 attach 8 change
2 tie 9 upload
3 run 10 think
4 save 11 win
5 give 12 spot
6 get 13 serve
7 delete 14 realise

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5 Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1I (make) my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
2 Joe and Sam (use) the wrong program in IT yesterday.
3 Who was that guy you (dance) with at the party?
4 Paula (come) home from school when she saw an accident.
5 In 1999 my father (live) in Dublin. That’s where he met my mother.
6 He (open) the box when he cut his finger.
7 This time last week, we (visit) my grandmother.
8I (sit) at the back of the classroom so I couldn’t see the screen.
9 Andrew (insert) a photo into his document when the teacher stopped the class.
10 I (start) to do my homework when my friend sent me a message.

6 Choose the correct options.


1I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
2When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.
3I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.
4Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.
5I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.
6Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.
7My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
8When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt
terrible.
9 How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?
10 Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

7 Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1I (switch off ) the computer because it (make) a strange noise.
2 My dad (listen) to classical music when I (arrive) home from school.
3 We (play) video games when my mum ,(say) ‘Turn the volume down!’
4 My cousin (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he (live) in Italy.
5 My little sister (draw) a picture while I (study) for my French exam.
6 While they (try) to fix the computer, all the lights (go out).
7 When we (leave) school yesterday, it (pour) with rain.
8 When you (see) Paul, he (wear) a black jacket?
9I (try) to log on when the WiFi (stop) working.
10 While Dad (print) an article, the printer (run out) of paper.

8 Complete the story with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I 1 (try) to do my English homework on my laptop, the battery
2 (run out). I 3 (lie) on my bed and I was listening to music on Spotify. It helps me to concentrate.
I 4 also(chat) to my friend Daniel on Facebook. OK, so I 5 (not concentrate) very hard on my homework and I 6(forget) to plu
in frustration. My dad 10 (come) running into my bedroom. I 11 almost (cry) so he
12 (give) me his laptop. I 13 (try) to remember everything in my essay – it 14 (be) quite difficult especially because Daniel w

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