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WorksheetsPast Continuous, Past Simple & Used to
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
I was playing guitar when my fan suddenly attacked me.
What Idea is being described here?
A situation was happening in the past and it was interrupted
A situation happened in the past
A future situation happened
"I used to eat enchiladas from Roberto's every Tuesday, but they've closed up."
What is the idea behind this?
something that happened in the past
something that happend for a period of time in the past and was a habit but now doesn't happen
something that happend for a period of time in the past and continues now
"My cousin used to fix cars, but now he's a dentist"
something that happened in the past
something that happend for a period of time in the past and now is not true anymore
something that happend for a period of time in the past and continues now
I played guitar for my dad when he was here.
Which tense is the verb on?
past simple
past continuous
modal of can + past
We use the Simple Past/ Past Simple to talk about:
Actions or events in the past
Actions or events in the recent past
Actions or events in the present
The Past continuous is used to talk about:
An activity which started before and continued until an event in the past
An activity that ended in the past
An activity that took place along time ago
We use the Simple Past/ Past Simple also to talk about:
actions or events which happened one after another
things which happened for a long time in the past
things that had a duration in the past
The Past continuous is also used to talk about:
an activity which started before and continued after an event in the past
an activity which now and continued after an event in the present
an activity in the past
We also use used to to talk about situations which are not true now like:
I used to be a doctor. Now I am a chef!
I used my phone yesterday to tal to my mom.
I have been using this bathroom for the last 3 years.
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to
"I mean, really, on family holidays we always (a) (go) to the same campsite and lie on the same beach and things" (habit)
We also use used to to talk about habits in the past that do not happen anymore.
I used to play voleyball, now I only go to the gym.
I'm used to this new sneakers, they are quite confortable.
I used to be a doctor, now I am retired.
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"My dad (a) (be) a climber before he fell from a moutain and broke his knee"
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"My dad used to be a climber when he (a) (to be) younger"
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
Still, there was an upside because we (a) (go) round yet another museum
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"I (a) (get) to meet this polish girl called Jolanta."
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"She was so fed up as I was, so we just (a) (dump) our parents and..."
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"... so we just dumped our parents and (a) (go) off for the day together."
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"We (a) (have) a really great time and, actually, we're still in touch."
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"We (a) (stay) in youth hostels which saved us a bit of money."
Complete with past simple, past continuous or used to:
"There were lots of people like us from all over the world who (a) (do) the same sort of thing."
