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PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE

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CCSS
L.5.1.B-D, L.1.1G, L.5.1C

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15 Slides • 29 Questions

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PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE

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We (drive) home from school when the accident happened.

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were driving

2

was driving

3

drove

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Tami (do) her homework when the bell rang.

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did

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were doing

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was doing

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I (take) the bus home yesterday.

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took

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was taking

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taked

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In 2010, we ____ (live) in a small flat in London.

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was living

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were living

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does living

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do living

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What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

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was / watching

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were / watching

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was/ watch

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were / watch

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We ________(play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock

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was

2

were

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were playing

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was playing

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What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

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was / watching

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were / watching

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was/ watch

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were / watch

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They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

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weren´t doing

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wasn´t doing

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were doing

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was doing

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Multiple Choice

What sentence is ok?
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He was watching TV.
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He were watching TV

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You, We, They
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WAS
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WERE

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He, she, It
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WAS
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WERE

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While the teacher ......................................, the students .................................to him. 
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was speaking / was listening
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was speaking / listened
3
was speaking / were listening

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He __________________ (work) when her wife _______________________(phone) him.

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was working - phoned

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worked - phoned

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was working - was phoning

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making / coffee / Mary/ was / Angela / some / when / home, / got

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when Angela got home Mary was making some coffee

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when She got home, Mary was making some coffee

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when Angela got home, Mary was making some coffee

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Philip was washing the car ........................the fire started. 
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when
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while

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a / when / We / a / were / we / / having / heard / noise. / terrrible / lesson

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We having a lesson were when we heard a terrrible noise.

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We were having a lesson when we heard a terrrible noise.

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when We were having a lesson we heard a terrrible noise.

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They were dancing.

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They were singing.

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They were eating.

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They were walking.

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Liz ................................windows when I .................her.

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were cleaning / saw

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was cleaning / saw

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was cleaning / was seeing

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First I ...................... breakfast and then I ...................a shower.

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was having / was taking

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had / took

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had / was taking

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Mary was cooking while the boy was studying.

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The boy was studying when Mary was cooking.

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Mary was studying while the boy was cooking

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cooking / to / her / Rose / work. / dinner,While / was / went / husband

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Her husband went to work, while Rose was cooking dinner.

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Rose was cooking dinner while her husband went to work.

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While Rose was cooking dinner, her husband went to work.

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Dady _______________(fall) asleep while he __________________(read) a book.

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fell - was reading

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was felling - was reading

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was felling - read

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They were playing when it started to rain

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it started to rain when they where playing

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it starts to rain when they played

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Tina ....................................when she fell and hurt here leg.

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were dancing

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was dancing

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danced

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I was reading a book _______ I heard a voice

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while

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when

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and

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