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simple past and past continuous tense

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The old woman  __________ some cookies for her family yesterday.
a)
climbed
b)
baked
c)
ate
d)
cried
2.

______ you _______ the dishes by yourself last night?

a)

Did ... wash

b)

Did ... washed

c)

Do ... wash

d)

Do ... washed

3.
I ____________ to help my Dad to wash the dishes last night
a)
try
b)
tryed
c)
tried
d)
am trying
4.

Alex did not _____ last weekend

a)

working

b)

work

c)

works

5.

what........you doing when I..........you last night?

a)

did,was

b)

were, called

c)

are, calling

d)

is, called

6.
She.......................at 5 p.m. yesterday.
a)
were working
b)
was working
c)
working
d)
was
7.

What do we need to add in the REGULAR verbs to create the Past Simple verb?

a)

none

b)

-ing

c)

-d or -ed

8.

What is the Past Simple of the verb THINK?

a)

thought

b)

thinked

c)

thinking

9.

What do we add in the verb to make it a Past Continuous?

a)

-ing

b)

-ed

c)

-d

d)

none

10.
I ____________ to help my Dad to wash the dishes last night
a)
try
b)
tryed
c)
tried
d)
am trying
11.
My childhood ________ happy and I would like to share about it.
a)
 is
b)

are

c)

were

d)
was
12.

Alex did not _____ last weekend

a)

working

b)

work

c)

works

13.

Yesterday at midnight, I ____ ____ a instant noodle.

a)

was, eating

b)

were, eating

c)

am, eating

d)

is, eating

14.

_____ you _____ football at 2 PM ?

a)

Were, playing

b)

Was, playing

c)

Are, playing

d)

Do, playing

15.

Jemmy _____ _____ some water melon smoothie.

a)

was, drinking

b)

were, drinking

c)

- , drinking

d)

is, drinking

16.

Frank and Mink _____ ______ to the beach 7 o'clock yesterday.

a)

wasn't, going

b)

weren't, going

c)

isn't, going

d)

aren't, going

17.

I _____ _____ to school yesterday morning.

a)

am, walking

b)

were, walking

c)

was, walking

d)

is, walking

18.

When do we use the Past Simple tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)

a)

We use the past simple to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.

b)

We use Past Simple to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past.

c)

We use Past Simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past.

d)

We use the Past Simple to say one thing happened after another.

19.

When do we use the Past continuous tense? (Multiple choice, 2 correct answers)

a)

We use the Past continuous to describe scenes in a story or description.

b)

We often use time expressions such as when, after, by the time, as soon as with the Past continuous.

c)

We use the Past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past.

d)

We use Past continuous to describe finished actions or situations in the past.

20.

She ..... ..... television when the lights went out.

a)

had watched

b)

were watching

c)

was watched

d)

was watching

21.

When my grandparents arrived we ... ... in the garden.

a)

was playing

b)

was played

c)

were playing

d)

were plaiyng

22.

While the soup was boiling, my brother .... .... sweets in the other room.

a)

had eaten

b)

have eating

c)

was eating

d)

has eating

23.

what........you doing when I..........you last night?

a)

did,was

b)

were, called

c)

are, calling

d)

is, called

24.
Adela ..........  while the other girls .............  .
a)
is dancing  /  are dancing
b)
was dancing / was singing
c)
was dancing / were singing
d)
were dancing / were singing
25.

Soekarno .... born on June 6, 1901 in Surabaya.

a)

is

b)

was

c)

has

d)

will

26.

I......... to Bali by plane last year.

a)

going

b)

go

c)

was going

d)

went

27.

______ you _______ the dishes by yourself last night?

a)

Did ... wash

b)

Did ... washed

c)

Do ... wash

d)

Do ... washed

28.

Last Sunday, Sally's father ______ a lovely doll for her as a birthday present.

a)

buy

b)

buys

c)

buying

d)

bought

29.

This morning, Roger was ______ to school when he was been chased by a dog.

a)

walks

b)

walked

c)

walking

d)

working

30.

Steven and his brother ______ to the market to buy some groceries for her mother this morning.

a)

go

b)

went

c)

walk

d)

run

31.

Steven and his brother ______ to the market to buy some groceries for her mother this morning.

a)

go

b)

went

c)

walk

d)

run