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unit 2 grammar 1: past simple & past continuous

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

peter ___________ a scary programme at 7 o'clock yesterday

a)

wasn't watching

b)

didn't watch

2.

alfred hitchcock ___________ many remarkable films.

a)

was directing

b)

directed

3.

every year, pat _________ me a mysterious box and we _______ it together

a)

brought........opened

b)

was bringing.....were opening

4.

lara ________ a book of myths while tyler ______ the net.

a)

read.....surfed

b)

was reading......was surfing

5.

______________ the mystery in 1990?

a)

did they solve

b)

were they solving

6.

tom ______ about the bizarre event.

a)

knew

b)

was knowing

7.

the spirit ________ out of the castle, ______ down to the lake and ________.

a)

came....walked....disappeared

b)

was coming....was walking....was disappearing

8.

according to the greek myth, there once (a)   (live) a man called hephaetus

9.

one day, while he ____ (work) , zeus _____ (tell) hephaetus to make him a daughter.

(a)  

10.

he _______ (listen) to zeus, ________ (make) a beautiful woman and ___________ (name) her pandora.

(a)  

11.

zeus (a)   (send) pandora to marry epimetheus, who was the brother of prometheus.

12.

prometheus had given the people the gift of fire and zeus (a)   (want) to get revenge.

13.

zeus ___ (give) pandora a box and ____(order) her never to open it.

(a)  

14.

however, pandora was very curious, so one night while her husband ______ (sleep), she ____ (open) the box and all kinds of terrible things came out: hate, crime, disease....

(a)  

15.

when epimetheus ____ (wake up), pandora _____ (cry).

(a)  

16.

she ____ (open) the box to show epimetheus it was empty and he ____ (see) a small insect inside.

(a)  

17.

'my name is hope,' it said. hope _____ (thank) pandora for opening the box and _____ (fly away) to help the world.

(a)