SIMPLE PAST & PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

SIMPLE PAST & PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

​Listen to the videos on how we can use simple past and past continuous tense. Then, complete the exercise.

Multiple Choice

I _____ Ajwad at the grocery store yesterday and I said hi to him and his sister.

• see

• sees

• saw

• seen

Multiple Choice

Anne ______ and ______ the cat until the cat scratched her arms in anger.

• teased and annoyed

• tease and annoy

• teases and annoys

• teasing and annoy

Multiple Choice

Fadlin and Zara ____ to go to the mall, but their parents did not _____ them to go.

• wanted, allowing

• wanted, allow

• want, allow

• wants, allows

Multiple Choice

They were playing at the park when they ___ a wallet belonging to a neighbours of theirs.

• find

• finds

• found

• finding

Multiple Choice

They _______ me in the canteen because they were busy eating at that time.

• did not see

• did not saw

• do not see

• does not see

Multiple Choice

Did you ____ what ____ to the Mrs. Brown last night?

• see, happened

• saw, happened

• see, happen

• saw, happening

Multiple Choice

Mother was unhappy because we did not _____ the mess we ____ in the living room.

• cleaned, make

• clean, made

• cleaning, makes

• cleaned, made

Multiple Choice

Luke _____ his bicycle to school and _____ it at the bicycle shed.

• cycles, parks

• cycled, parking

• cycling, parking

• cycled, parked

Multiple Choice

Swee Ling _____ the floor and _____ the windows before she took a rest.

• mopped, wipes

• mopped, wiped

• mopping, wiping

• mope, wipes

Multiple Choice

Mageshwaran and Kimberly ____ a museum and then they ____ lunch at a nearby restaurant.

• visits, takes

• visit, take

• visited, took

• visiting, taking

Multiple Choice

Devesh did not ____ the car that was heading his way and he nearly ____ hit by it.

• see, got

• see, getting

• saw, got

• saw, getting

Multiple Choice

Hassan _____ us that he did ____ Hellen at the library but none of us saw her there.

• told, seeing

• tell, saw

• told, saw

• told, see

Multiple Choice

Didn't they ____ that the instructions ____ from the principal?

• knowing, coming

• know, come

• know, came

• knew, came

Multiple Choice

William and Bentley ____ into the mall and they ____ into their old school friends.

• walks, bumps

• walked, bumping

• walked, bumped

• walking, bumping

Multiple Choice

They did not _____ that they were injured in the incident because they only _____ to save the children.

• care, wanted

• cared, wanted

• care, want

• cared, wanting

Multiple Choice

Nurul and her cousins ____ to go back to the food stall to find the missing money.

• decide

• decides

• decided

• deciding

Multiple Choice

Yati and Azila ____ at the boys who ____ their favourite toys.

• yelled, took

• yell, take

• yells, takes

• yelling, taking

Multiple Choice

Farah ____ the ball and it ____ into the air before her friend dribbled it, and  scored the winning goal.

• kicked, flying

• kicking, flying

• kicked, flew

• kicks, flies

Multiple Choice

I ______ watching TV when I heard a scary whisper from behind me.

• was

• is

• were

• are

Multiple Choice

They _____ busy cleaning up the class after the English class yesterday.

• are

• is

• were

• was

Multiple Choice

The students ______ home from school when they saw the accident.

• were walking

• was walking

• were walk

• were walked

Multiple Choice

She ______ for her spectacles when she accidentally fell.

• was looked

• were looking

• was looked

• was looking

Multiple Choice

Michael and Harry _____ from the security guards when they were stopped by the police..

• was running

• were running

• was ran

• were ran

Multiple Choice

The cat ______ its paw and then it yawned before it fell asleep.

• is licking

• was licking

• were licking

• am licking

Multiple Choice

We ______ at that time because were actually simply walking back from class when the incident occurred.

• is not running

• was not running

• were not running

• are not wurnning

Multiple Choice

Charles and Wilson ______ in the kitchen they heard the scream coming from behind their house.

• was cooking

• are cooking

• were cooked

• were cooking

Multiple Choice

They ______ nothing at all because they spent the whole afternoon playing video games.

• was doing

• were doing

• is doing

• are doing

Multiple Choice

I _______ forward to go to town that weekend because I would rather stay at home and read some books.

• was not looking

• was not doing

• was not having

• was not wanting