PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

by Teacher Rocío

​We use the past tense to talk about:

Something that happened once in the past:

I met my wife in 1983.

We went to Spain for our holidays.

They got home very late last night.

​Something that happened several times in the past:

When I was a boy,

I walked a mile to school every day.

We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

​Something that was true for some time in the past:

I lived abroad for ten years.

He enjoyed being a student.

She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.

Multiple Choice

1.

The young man_______ (take) out his wallet and

_______ (pay) the bill.

• took / paid 

• taked / payed

Multiple Choice

2. I _________

(think) I ___________(know) my irregular verbs, but now I'm not so sure!

• thought / knew

• thoug / knowed

Multiple Choice

3. Last year, the company

(not build) a new factory, which (cost) millions of dollars.

• doesn't  build    /  costed 

• didn't build  /  costed 

​We use the past continuous to talk about the past:

​Something that happened before and after another action:

The children were doing their homework when I got home.

​The past continuous is made from the past tense of the verb be and the –ing form of a verb:

Present Continuos Past continuous​

I am walking I was walking

​ He is writing. He was writing.

They are dancing. They were dancing.

Multiple Choice

What ___ at eight o'clock last night?

• were you doing 

• you were doing 

Multiple Choice

The police stopped Willis as ___ to the airport.

• he is driving

• he was driving

Multiple Choice

When I got to work, I realised that I ___ my watch.

• was not wearing

• were not wearing

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