Past simple and past continuous

Past simple and past continuous - Revision

Revise past simple and past continuous with Groups from Basic 4 level (Angles 4)

Past simple

 > It is used to talk about finished actions from the past.
> Make sure to use expressions like:last Friday, yesterday, last year, the day before yesterday, in 2000...

Multiple Select

When was your last birthday?

• Yesterday

• last week

• One year ago

• the day before yesterday

What are regular and Irregular verbs?

They are the forms the verbs are going to be categorized in the past tense

> Regular verbs usually are going to be ending in -ed.

> Irregular verbs are verbs that are going to change totally partially or nothing when used in past tense.

Multiple Choice

Berta ______ (do) her homework late that night.

• did

• done

• doed

• make

Multiple Select

Check the negative sentences in the past simple

• I don't know

• She didn't played the guitar

• They talked to her

• They didn't listen to the song

Multiple Choice

Paulo's baby ________(cry) last night

• cryed

• cry

• cried

• Cryyed

Multiple Select

Mitchel _____ (learn) how to play the piano with his father.

• learn

• learned

• learnt

• learnded

Multiple Select

Check the question with no mistakes in the past tense

• Did she grew up in Goiânia?

• Did he like sertanejo?

• Do you lived in Goiânia?

• Do you like pamonha?

Multiple Select

Check all the sentences in past simple tense

• I was a good student

• We are good students

• They read books everyday

• You read this book in 2020

Past Continuous

>Actions from the past in a specific time.

> we can use the past continuous for the background of a story.

>An action in the past which overlaps another action or a time

> It is formed by the past form of the verb be + an action verb+ing

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence using the past continuous:

Samantha _____ _____ her e-mail inbox last night. (check)

Multiple Choice

Julius _____ _______ when Timothy rang the bell.

• were cook

• was cook

• be cooking

• was cooking

Multiple Choice

Te kids ____ ______ when the song stopped

• sang

• was dancing

• were dancing

• be dancing

Multiple Choice

_____ you _____ TV this afternoon?

• Be / watching

• Was / watch

• were / watching

• was / watch

Multiple Select

Check the sentences that are in the negative form in past continuous tense

• she was no bad

• They were excited

• We were sleeping

• I was reading a book