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Past Tense and Past Continuous Tense

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I ___________ past the shop this morning.

a)

walks

b)

walk

c)

was walked

d)

walked

2.

People said that the Earth _____________ flat.

a)

is

b)

are

c)

was

d)

were

3.

Claudia ________________ to attend art classes.

a)

used

b)

was using

c)

use

d)

was use

4.

Were you _____________ to me ?

a)

listen

b)

listening

c)

are listening

d)

were listening

5.

Mike _____________ to visit his friend when he was prevented by an urgent call.

a)

planned

b)

planning

c)

plans

d)

was planning

6.

The children __________________ the game before buying it.

a)

was testing

b)

tested

c)

was tested

d)

test

7.

It was by sheer accident that I _______________ into him.

a)

bumping

b)

bump

c)

were bumping

d)

bumped

8.

The construction workers (a)   (built/were building) a new underground tunnel when it collapsed.

9.

Walter and his friends were playing badminton at the community centre when Walter (a)   (was falling/fell) down.

10.

Yvonne was (a)   (cooking/cooked) dinner for her family when she fainted.

11.

In her panic, she (a)   (picked/was picking) up the wrong bag and ran off too quickly.

12.

She (a)   (was running/ran) on the beach when she came across a very big seashell.

13.

My aunt (a)   (meeting/met) her friend at the supermarket this morning while shopping for groceries.

14.

The doctor put the stethoscope on the patient's chest and (a)   (listened/listening) for the heartbeat.

15.

Choose the sentences that are grammatically correct. You may choose more than 1 option.

a)

She must have overheard us when we were talked about her in the room.

b)

The world record holder was wanting to prove that he had the strength to pull one more car using his beard.

c)

Alan was subconsciously listening to the rustling of leaves from outside the window.

d)

The children were playing at the playground when it start raining heavily.

e)

"I'm certainly curious as to what they were talking about," she said.

16.

Choose the sentences that are grammatically correct. You may choose more than 1 option.

a)

Two weeks ago, we were still studying at the old school campus.

b)

Two weeks ago, we are still study at the old school campus.

c)

Two weeks ago, we are still studied at the old school campus.

d)

Two weeks ago, we were still studied at the old school campus.

17.

Choose the sentences that are grammatically correct. You may choose more than 1 option.

a)

Kenny used to play the violin for the orchestra before he was changing to the cello

b)

Kenny using to play the violin for the orchestra before he was changing to the cello.

c)

Kenny used to play the violin for the orchestra before he changed to the cello

d)

Kenny was using to play the violin for the orchestra before he changed to the cello.

18.

Did you enjoy learning about past tense and past continuous tense?

a)

Yes

b)

No