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Past continuous/ Simple Past

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Past Simple of these verbs?


become, meet, take, write, read

(a)  

2.

2 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

John ____ (repair) his motorbike when his mother ____ (arrive).

(a)  

3.

3 What tense is it – Past Simple or Past Continuous?

Martha and Nelly were learning a new English tense last Monday.

(a)  

4.

4.

Choose the correct verb in the sentence.


Nicole Kidman was/were married to Tom Cruise.

(a)  

5.

5. Make a question with these words.


What / you / last / weekend / do / did ?

(a)  

6.

6. What is the infinitive of these Past Simple verbs?


won, left, found, drank, ran

(a)  

7.

7. Make the sentence negative.

We went on holiday last year.

(a)  

8.

Correct this sentence.


* My father did work in a bank two years ago.

(a)  

9.

Write the positive and negative short answers.

Was she at school yesterday?

(a)  

10.

What tense is it – Past Simple or Past Continuous?


We weren’t at home yesterday.

(a)  

11.

What is the Past Simple of these verbs?


can, eat, go, say, tell

(a)  

12.

Make a sentence in the Past Continuous.

1 - I / play football / yesterday / 8:30.

(a)  

13.

Make this sentence in the Past Continuous.

We / study French / while / they / watch TV.

(a)  

14.

Make this sentence positive.

We didn’t speak English on holidays.

(a)  

15.

Make this sentence positive.


She didn’t write me a letter last week.

(a)  

16.

Make a question for this answer.


I ate a sandwich.

(a)  

17.

Make a question for this answer.


They were sleeping.

(a)  

18.

Make a sentence with these words.


Paul / a movie / when / wasn’t / his mother / from work / arrived / watching.

(a)  

19.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

I ____ (listen) to some music when you ____ (phone) me yesterday.

(a)  

20.

Make a sentence with these words.


bought / our / ago / a year / We / house

(a)