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Simple past or past continuous?
Downloadable worksheets:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level:
elementary
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5204
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5258
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
3467
FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
3576
Past simple - Past continuous
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
3087
Mixed Tenses Revision (B&W + KEY included)
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
3306
SIMPLE PAST OR PAST CONTINUOUS?
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form:
1. Peter
(go) to school yesterday.
2. We
(watch) TV when you phoned.
3. I
(not hear) anything, believe me!
4. They
(have) lunch while we
(play) chess.
5.
you
(phone) your mother? She
(be) worried.
6. Paul and Joan
(not eat) the meat because they
(not like) it.
7. Tania
(talk) with the teacher when Maria
(come) in.
8.
your siblings
(listen) to music at 4 pm?
9. While my friends and I
(walk) in the woods, it
(start) to rain.
10.
you
(go) to the doctor last Monday?
11.
the President
(not travel) to Moscow for the summit?
12. Ramon
(park) the car when his mother
(phone).
13. Anna and Karen
(not be) in the same class last year.
14. Hanane
(study) hard for the exam.
15. Monica's neighbours
(move) to a different city last year.
16. When Daniel
(see) Joseph and Mark, Eugeni
(run) in the park.
17.
you
(give) Christian a present on his birthday?
18. I
(not see) Ferran at James' party.
19. The tourists
(take) pictures while Mickael
(explain) the history of the cathedral.
20. When
they
(go) to the cinema for the last time?
21. I
(want) to be a doctor when I
(be) a child.
22. My brother
(have) a shower when my father
(arrive).
23. The witness
(not tell) the truth and the judge
(send) him to prison.
24.
the students
(write) their compositions at 10 am?
25. My best friend
(sing) when I
(break) into tears.
26.
(not be) the weather good last Thursday?
27. I don't know, I
(not be) here.
28. Where
you
(get) that information?
29. The spy
(get) it for me.
30. It
(rain) while the baby
(sleep).
(Exercise prepared by Mar�a A. Ruiz)
