Past simple & continuous

Past simple & continuous

Différences, construction et pratique

Past simple

• Utiliser pour évoquer des actions passées et terminées

• Ecrire un récit au passé

Multiple Choice

My uncle [work] in London for years.

• works

• worked

• working

Multiple Choice

Jimmy [be] here yesterday, didn't he ?

• was

• ared

• were

• been

Multiple Choice

I [not come] yesterday morning, sorry.

• not comed

• didn't came

• didn't come

Multiple Choice

He [phone] while we were having dinner

• has phone

• phoned

• phones

Multiple Choice

Le past continuous (ou be+ing) s'emploie pour parler d'une action en cours ou inachevée

• Oui

• Non

Past continuous

• Même usage que le present continuous.

• Décrire une action en cours de déroulement dans le passé.

• Parler d'une action interrompue.

Past simple and Past continuous

Les deux temps sont souvent utilisés dans une même phrase, pour parler d'un évènement en interrompant un autre :

Peter was reading when the phone rang.

Ici l'action en cours (was reading) a été interrompue par l'action au past simple (rang).

Place à la pratique !

Dans les questions qui vont suivre, choisissez ou écrivez le temps qui convient pour le [verbe] de chacune des propositions.

Attention aux verbes irréguliers

Multiple Choice

I [watch] the TV, when my wife called me.

• was washing

• am watching

• was watching

• watched

Multiple Choice

He [dance] with Mrs Parrington, when the lights went out.

• danced

• was dancing

• didn't dance

• were dancing

Multiple Choice

When she [look up], I realized she was smiling.

• was looking up

• locked up

• doesn't looking up

• looked up

Multiple Choice

I was walking in the woods when I [see] a strange girl, between the trees.

• was seeing

• saw

• seen

Multiple Choice

The kids [play] in the garden, when it suddenly began to rain.

• were playing

• was playing

• played

• were paying

Multiple Choice

We [walk] past your house, when we saw the light.

• walked

• was walking

• are walking

• were walking

Multiple Choice

He was talking when the ball [hit] him.

• hit

• was hitting

• were hitting

• hitted

Multiple Choice

He [cook] dinner when the fire started.

• cooked

• was cooking

• were cooking

• didn't cook

Multiple Select

I [not listen] when the teacher asked me a question. She [be] pretty angry.

• didn't listen

• wasn't listening

• were

• was