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Past simple VS Past continuous

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Did he run yesterday?

a)

Yes,he is

b)

No,he didn't

c)

No,she didn't

d)

Yes,he did

2.

Who was following you?

a)

He was watching the film from 6 till 8

b)

Mary was dancing but when she saw me she stopped

c)

We were playing football while my mother was cooking lunch

d)

I was being followed by a stranger

3.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

Yesterday I ... an interesting book about Ancient Egypt.

a)

read

b)

was reading

c)

were reading

4.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I ... an interesting book about Ancient Egypt all evening yesterday

a)

read

b)

was reading

c)

were reading

5.

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

I ... (drive) home when I ... (see) a black cat at the side of the road.

a)

drove, saw

b)

was driving, was seeing

c)

drove, were seeing

d)

was driving, saw

6.

Danik was playing, while Kolya was hearing. (какое время?)

a)

Present Simple

b)

Past Simple

c)

Past Continuous

d)

Present Continuous

e)

Past Present

7.

Вспомогательные слова Past Simple?

a)

Today

b)

Yesterday

c)

Then

d)

In 2008

e)

Yet

8.

Stas wrote yesterday.

a)

Present Continuous

b)

Past Continuous

c)

Past Simple

d)

Present Simple

e)

Present Perfect

9.

Last year, I __________ London with my family.

a)

visit

b)

visited

c)

visitd

10.

Yesterday Lisa __________ a new phone.

a)

buyed

b)

bought

c)

buy

11.

I __________ to music yesterday.

a)

listen

b)

listened

c)

listens

12.

Tilly _________ yesterday morning.

a)

didn't dance

b)

didn't danced

c)

dances

13.

She __________ to the park after school.

a)

saw

b)

played

c)

went

14.

What ________ last weekend?

a)

do you did

b)

did you do

c)

did you did

15.

Mum ... dinner while dad...TV.

a)

were cooking/ was watching

b)

was cooking / was watching

c)

cooked/ watched

16.

Emma ...homework when her mother... the room.

a)

did/ entered

b)

were doing/ were entering

c)

was doing/ entered

17.

When I last...Mrs Black, she...the flowers.

a)

saw/ was watering

b)

were seeng/ watered

c)

saw/ watered

18.

When they...at the station, it...havily.

a)

arrived/ was snowing

b)

were arriving/ was snowing

c)

was arriving/ snowed

19.

We...while David and Peter...by the lake.

a)

swam/ jogged

b)

were swimming/were jogging

c)

were swimming/ was jogging

20.

While she...the newspapers, her brother...to music.

a)

were reading/ listened

b)

read/ were listening

c)

was reading/ was listening