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Downloadable worksheets:
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
Level:
intermediate
Age:
10-14
Downloads:
5204
THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
3452
Past simple - Past continuous
Level:
intermediate
Age:
13-17
Downloads:
3063
When-While
Level:
intermediate
Age:
14-17
Downloads:
2484
Bank Robbery Game - A role play
Level:
elementary
Age:
12-17
Downloads:
2290
Past Continuous and Past Simple
Level:
intermediate
Age:
12-14
Downloads:
2561
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A. Look at the photos and click on the right options.
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1.
When
�Sue was calling a friend
she���������2. Meg
deleted
all her files while she��������������3. Bob was driving home from work when
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deleted her files
burned the food
crashed the car
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was surfing the net
was looking
was sleeping
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walked into a glass door
missed the bus
crashed into a tree
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fell
down while she������������������������
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When
Jess was playing tennis she������������ 6. She was shopping at the mall when
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was going to work
was modeling
was cooking
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got hurt
waked into a glass door
deleted her files
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she
crashed into a tree
burned the food
walked into a glass door
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B. Type the
past form
of the verbs.
1. Mike�
�his car last week.��
2. My father
�the dinner yesterday.
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3. Mary�
�all her song files by accident!
4. Bob
�down last Saturday and he
�really hurt.
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Simple Past
x
Past Continuous
. Choose the correct verb
�forms!�
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A: What
happened
happening
�to you yesterday?
B:
When
I
was running
ran
�for a bus I
was falling
fell
�down and
was getting
got
�really hurt!
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A:�What were you doing yesterday around 9 pm?
B:�I
had
was having
�dinner at a fancy restaurant and I
had
was having
�a great time, but a��
��� clumsy waiter
was spilling
spilled
�wine�
over my new white shirt!�
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D. Now type the right form of the verbs given.��
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"Last week,
when
�I
�
(drive)
�
for� a picnic, it
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(start)
�to rain, so
� I
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�(come) back home."
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"Yesterday was my mom's birthday.
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When
my sister and I
�(bake) her a cake,�she
�(call)and��
��I completly
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(forget) about the oven,�so I
�(burn) the cake!"
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