Past Simple and Past Continuous

We _______ David in town a few days ago.

• see

• saw

• seen

• did see

I ______ to the cinema with my friends last week.

• were going

• gone

• went

• go

She _______ badminton with her friend yesterday. (Negative sentences)

• doesn't play

• don't play

• didn't play

• wasn't playing

The interrogative form of the following sentences is _____

"John grew up in Wales".

• Does John grow up in Wales?

• John grew up in Wales?

• Was John growing up in Wales?

• Did John grow up in Wales?

Feliks ______ TV and Andrew _____ a book.

• were watching-were reading

• were watching- was reading

• was watching-was reading

• watching-reading

Change the following sentence to negative.

Our grandparents were waiting to greet us at the airport in the town of Merinda.

• Our grandparents was not waiting to greet us at the airport in the town of Merinda.

• Our grandparents not waiting to greet us at the airport in the town of Merinda.

• Our grandparents were did not waiting to greet us at the airport in the town of Merinda.

• Our grandparents were not waiting to greet us at the airport in the town of Merinda.

Some verbs, particularly about sensing and knowing are stative and are not used in the past continuous.

• True

• False

While I _____ (swim), I ______ (see) a group of dolphins.

• was swimming-saw

• swam-was seeing

• was swimming-was seeing

• swam-saw

She ____ (sleep) when a noise woke her up.

• were sleeping

• was sleeping

• sleeping

• sleep

While the boys ____ making a fire, it _____ to rain.

• were-started

• were-start

• was-started

• was-start