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PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can you please speak more __________? I can't hear you.

a)

loudly

b)

nervously

c)

terribly

2.

She was driving so __________, all cars were overtaking her.

a)

slowly

b)

beautifully

c)

loudly

3.

My little sister couldn't go to the cinema. She was __________ upset about it.

a)

terribly

b)

carefully

c)

quietly

4.

I really liked your school play. You performed ____________.

a)

beautifully

b)

nervously

c)

calmly

5.

You're speaking too ___________. I can't hear what you're saying.

a)

quietly

b)

beautifully

c)

suspiciously

6.

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

7.

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

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

8.

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

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

9.

(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

10.

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

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

11.

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

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

12.

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

13.

We use past continuous...

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.

14.

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

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

15.

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

a)

were arguing

b)

was arguing

c)

argued

d)

arguered

16.

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

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

17.

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.

18.

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

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

19.

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

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

20.

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

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played