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Past Simple/Continuous

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

2.

They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

was not doing

b)

were not doing

c)

was not do

3.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

My parents was work when I came home.

b)

My parents were work when I came home.

c)

My parents was working when I came home.

d)

My parents were working when I came home.

4.

In 2010, we ____ (live) in a small flat in London.

a)

were living

b)

was live

c)

were live

d)

was living

5.

She ____ (listen) to music when I called.

a)

She were listening to music when I called.

b)

She was listen to music when I called.

c)

She was listening to music when I called.

6.

cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when

a)

Was She cooking when I arrived.

b)

She was cooking when I arrived.

c)

She cooking was when I arrived.

7.

You (watch).............. TV yesterday night.

a)

was watching

b)

were watching

c)

were watch

d)

was watch

8.

It (rain)...........all the day.

a)

was raining

b)

were raining

c)

was rain

d)

were rain

9.

You (sleep)........more than ten hours.

a)

were sleep

b)

was sleeping

c)

were sleeping

d)

was sleep

10.

The phone rang while I (have) ........breakfast.

a)

was having

b)

were having

c)

was have

d)

were have

11.

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

a)

do you do

b)

did you do

c)

didn't do

d)

were you doing

12.

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

13.

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

14.

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

15.

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

a)

did she gone

b)

did she went

c)

were she going

d)

was she going

16.

Her plane didn't landed yet when we________ (arrive) at the airport.

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

17.

We use past continuos

a)

For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

b)

For an action that was happening during a time in the past

c)

For an action that will happen in the past

d)

non of the these ones.

18.

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

19.

She missed the bus because she __________ (argue) with one of her friends.

a)

were arguing

b)

was arguing

c)

argued

d)

arguered

20.

While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone _________ (ring).

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

21.

We use the past simple for....

a)

For an action that started and ended in a concrete moment of the past

b)

For all the action in the past

c)

none of these options

d)

For an action that happened during a long time in the past

22.

I couldn’t answer your call because I __________(drive)

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

23.

We were walking in the mountains when we_________ (see) a strange animal.

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

24.

He had an accident while he ___________(play) rugby with his friends.

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

25.

While he __________(do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

26.

While I was swimming in the river, I ___________(see) some frogs.

a)

seen

b)

saw

c)

seed

d)

was seeing

27.

He ________(miss) the train because he was talking with some friends

a)

missed

b)

was missing

c)

were missing

d)

mist

28.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
29.
Traduce al inglés:
'¿Compraste manzanas ayer?'
a)
Did you buy apples yesterday?
b)
Did you bought apples yesterday?
c)
Do you buy apples yesterday?
d)
Did he buy apple yesterday?
30.
Rellena el hueco que falta:
'He ........................ (buy) at the supermarket when I ........................ (see) him.
a)
was buying / saw
b)
were buying / sees
c)
was buying / see
d)
bought / was seeing
31.
I ......................... (wash) my car while he ......................... (watch) TV on the sofa.
a)
was washing / was watching
b)
washed / was watching
c)
washed / watched
d)
was washing / watched
32.
I ......................... (walk) down the street at the moment I realised I ......................... (not take) my keys.
a)
was walking / didn't take
b)
walked / wasn't taking
c)
walked / didn't take
d)
was walking / wasn't taking
33.
I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.
a)
did
b)
do
c)
were doing
d)
doing
34.

The simple past of the verb tobe

a)

waz, wer

b)

is, are

c)

waz, were

d)

was,were

35.

i was walking when you____________

a)

called

b)

calling

c)

call

d)

cal

36.

she did not come

a)

verb to be (simple past)

b)

simple past

c)

past progressive

d)

a question

37.

the past of bring

a)

broght

b)

brought

c)

bringed

d)

buy

38.

the past of find

a)

fond

b)

finded

c)

found

d)

finding

39.

the past of watch

a)

wacthd

b)

watched

c)

watchet

d)

watching

40.

the past go

a)

goed

b)

went

c)

goes

d)

wented

41.

does

a)

did

b)

done

c)

doned

d)

dids

42.

simple past of come

a)

camed

b)

come

c)

came

d)

coming

43.

the past of cut

a)

cutted

b)

cutt

c)

cut

d)

cuting

44.

a continuos action in the past

a)

simple past

b)

verb to be in the past

c)

past progressive

d)

present continous

45.

you were walking in the mountain

a)

simple past

b)

past progressive

c)

verb to be in the past

d)

present continous

46.

a negative sentence in the simple past

a)

i did not came

b)

did not i came

c)

i did not come

d)

i was not walked

47.

the sentence in past progressive

a)

i were speaking

b)

you was dancing

c)

they were speaking

d)

we was not talking

48.

the correct question in simple past

a)

when did i said that ?

b)

where di you go?

c)

where did she live?

d)

were i your friend?

49.

we have to add ing in the verb

a)

simple past

b)

simple present

c)

past continous

d)

past perfect

50.

We ________(play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

was

b)

were

c)

were playing

d)

was playing

51.

They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock

a)

weren´t doing

b)

wasn´t doing

c)

were doing

d)

was doing

52.

What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

a)

was / watching

b)

were / watching

c)

was/ watch

d)

were / watch

53.

Howard ____ (like) the movie.

a)

was liking

b)

was likeing

c)

were liking

d)

were likeing

54.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

are working

b)

is working

c)

were working

d)

was working