Past Simple & Past Continuous

1. At 8 o'clock yesterday evening he _____ (read) an interesting story.

2. Last year they _____ (go) to Great Britain with their friends.

3. Which time expression is NOT used in the PAST SIMPLE tense?

• last year

• while

• yesterday

• two days ago

4. Which time expressions are used in the PAST CONTINUOUS tense?

• while

• when

• last week

• all morning

5. To talk about the lives of people who are no-longer alive we use _____ .

• PAST SIMPLE

• PAST CONTINUOUS

• PRESENT SIMPLE

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6. For two or more simultanious (параллельные) past actions we use _____ .

• PAST SIMPLE

• PAST CONTINUOUS

• PRESENT SIMPLE

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS

7. The auxiliary verb (s) that we use in the PAST SIMPLE tense is (are) _____ .

• did

• was/were

• do/does

• am/is/are

8. The auxiliary verb (s) that we use in the PAST CONTINUOUS tense is (are) _____ .

• was/were

• did

• will

• am/is/are

9. All night yesterday they _____ (watch) movies. Now they're suffering from headache.

10. Three years ago he _____ (not live) in London.

• didn't live

• lived

• was living

• wasn't living