Worksheetssimple past and past continuous tense
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 14mins
______ you _______ the dishes by yourself last night?
Did ... wash
Did ... washed
Do ... wash
Do ... washed
Alex did not _____ last weekend
working
work
works
what........you doing when I..........you last night?
did,was
were, called
are, calling
is, called
What do we need to add in the REGULAR verbs to create the Past Simple verb?
none
-ing
-d or -ed
What is the Past Simple of the verb THINK?
thought
thinked
thinking
What do we add in the verb to make it a Past Continuous?
-ing
-ed
-d
none
are
were
Alex did not _____ last weekend
working
work
works
Yesterday at midnight, I ____ ____ a instant noodle.
was, eating
were, eating
am, eating
is, eating
_____ you _____ football at 2 PM ?
Were, playing
Was, playing
Are, playing
Do, playing
Jemmy _____ _____ some water melon smoothie.
was, drinking
were, drinking
- , drinking
is, drinking
Frank and Mink _____ ______ to the beach 7 o'clock yesterday.
wasn't, going
weren't, going
isn't, going
aren't, going
I _____ _____ to school yesterday morning.
am, walking
were, walking
was, walking
is, walking
When do we use the Past Simple tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)
We use the past simple to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.
We use Past Simple to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past.
We use Past Simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past.
We use the Past Simple to say one thing happened after another.
When do we use the Past continuous tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)
We use the Past continuous to describe scenes in a story or description.
We often use time expressions such as when, after, by the time, as soon as with the Past continuous.
We use the Past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.
We use Past continuous to describe finished actions or situations in the past.
She ..... ..... television when the lights went out.
had watched
were watching
was watched
was watching
When my grandparents arrived we ... ... in the garden.
was playing
was played
were playing
were plaiyng
While the soup was boiling, my brother .... .... sweets in the other room.
had eaten
have eating
was eating
has eating
what........you doing when I..........you last night?
did,was
were, called
are, calling
is, called
Soekarno .... born on June 6, 1901 in Surabaya.
is
was
has
will
I......... to Bali by plane last year.
going
go
was going
went
______ you _______ the dishes by yourself last night?
Did ... wash
Did ... washed
Do ... wash
Do ... washed
Last Sunday, Sally's father ______ a lovely doll for her as a birthday present.
buy
buys
buying
bought
This morning, Roger was ______ to school when he was been chased by a dog.
walks
walked
walking
working
Steven and his brother ______ to the market to buy some groceries for her mother this morning.
go
went
walk
run
Steven and his brother ______ to the market to buy some groceries for her mother this morning.
go
went
walk
run
