3. Past simple vs Past continuous

Past simple vs Past continuous

Review past simple

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

My family and I visited a museum .....weekend.

• ago

• last

• yesterday

Multiple Choice

My brother and I saw a great movie ..............evening.

• ago

• last

• yesterday

Multiple Choice

How were you yesterday? - Oh, I ...........really tired because I studied hard for the test.

• was

• were

• did

• went

Fill in the Blanks

Sam travelled to Australia a few months

Fill in the Blanks

Where did you and your family go on holiday

year?

Fill in the Blanks

I saw a doctor

week because I was sick.

Fill in the Blanks

saw / match / Benny / a / ago. / good / days / football / two

Past continuous

To talk about an action that was going on at a certain time in the past

Subject + was / were + V-ing

She was sleeping at 10 p.m yesterday.

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They were doing their homework at this time yesterday.​

Subject + wasn't / weren't + V-ing

Katy wasn't doing homework at 10 p.m yesterday.

​

We weren't driving at this time yesterday.

Was/ Were + Subject + V-ing?

Were you dancing all yesterday evening?

No, I wasn't. I was reading my book.​

Fill in the Blanks

Mary and her family sat at the dinner table at 6:30 yesterday.

They

(eat) dinner at 6:40.

Fill in the Blanks

Tom went to bed at 10:30 last night.

At 11:00, Tom

(sleep).

Fill in the Blanks

The math test was from 9:00 to 9:50 this morning.

I

(take) a test at 10:00.

Fill in the Blanks

The soccer game was from 2:30 to 4:00 yesterday afternoon.

The soccer players

(play) soccer at 3:00.

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