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PAST CONTINUOUS VS PAST SIMPLE

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

3.

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

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

4.

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

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

5.

(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

6.

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

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

7.

(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

8.

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

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

9.

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

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

10.

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

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

11.

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

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

12.

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

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

13.

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

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

14.

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

a)

seen

b)

saw

c)

seed

d)

was seeing

15.

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

a)

missed

b)

was missing

c)

were missing

d)

mist

16.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
17.
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
18.

i was walking when you____________

a)

called

b)

calling

c)

call

d)

cal

19.

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

a)

was

b)

were

c)

were playing

d)

was playing

20.

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

a)

weren´t doing

b)

wasn´t doing

c)

were doing

d)

was doing

21.

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

a)

was / watching

b)

were / watching

c)

was/ watch

d)

were / watch

22.

My parents ____ (work) when I came home.

a)

are working

b)

is working

c)

were working

d)

was working

23.

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

24.

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

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

25.

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

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

26.

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.

27.

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

a)

were arguing

b)

was arguing

c)

argued

d)

arguered

28.

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

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

29.

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

30.
I ......................... the door while I ......................... in my room.
a)
was hitting / danced
b)
hit / was dancing
c)
hit / danced
d)
was hitting / was dancing
31.
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?
32.

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

33.
I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.
a)
did
b)
do
c)
were doing
d)
doing