Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Revision

of irregular verbs

Go to https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/the-biscuit-thief?code=GUiKr7TMDQ

watch the video and complete the tasks

past simple vs past continuous

comparison map

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O254XisO95n4NY_oY_hWTloK6dy3UGEG/view?usp=sharing

Past Simple with ‘be’  

Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question): 

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(the children / be / naughty?)

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(it / not / be / cold.)

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(we / be / in a cafe when you called.)

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(she / not / be my wife at the time.)

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(you / be / in the garden.)

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(I / be / at the cinema last night.)

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(why / you / be / late?)

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(how / the party / be?)

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(we / be / too tired?)

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(they not / be / in love.)

Past Simple Form Other Verbs

Mixed Exercise 

Make the past simple, positive, negative or question.

Write only the answer

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I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.

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Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young?

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She _________________ (not / study) French at university.

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_________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris?

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She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday.

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We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.

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He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.

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________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school?

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We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.

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He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.

Past Continuous Mixed Exercise 

Make the past continuous

(you need to choose positive, negative or question)

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(he / cook)

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(she / play cards?)

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(she / not / sleeping at midnight)

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(he / live in Tokyo at the time?)

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(she / eat dinner when we arrived)

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(you / shop when I called you)

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(you / not / read)

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(what / you / do?)

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(you / not / feel well)

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(where / I / go when I met you?)