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PAST SIMPLE/ PAST CONTINUOUS

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
While Tom (read) , Amely (watch) a documentary on TV.
a)
was reading / was watching
b)
read / watched
c)
was reading / were watching
d)
read / was watching
2.
While I (drive), I (have) an accident.
a)
drived/had
b)
was driving/ had
c)
drove / was having
d)
drove/ had
3.
The thieves (hide) in the kitchen when the police (come) in.
a)
hid/came
b)
hided/ come
c)
was hiding / came
d)
were hiding / came
4.

________________ at school yesterday? (you / be)

a)

Was you

b)

Did you be

c)

You were

d)

Were you

5.

Katy and Candy _____ computer games at 8 this morning.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

were playing

d)

are playing

6.

I _____ football with my friends yesterday.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

am playing

d)

was playing

7.

Mum _____ at half past nine last night.

a)

shopped

b)

were shopping

c)

was shoping

d)

was shopping

8.

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

9.
We really(enjoy) the game last Sunday.
a)
enjoyed
b)
enjoying
c)
were enjoying
10.
They(not play) very well yesterday. They lost the match.
a)
weren't playing
b)
not play
c)
didn't play
d)
wasn't playing
11.

Last night we (a)   pizza for dinner (eat)

12.

We didn't (a)   the game last night (watch)

13.
He ______ (win) the Nobel Prize last year. 
a)
winned
b)
wined
c)
won
d)
winning
14.
She ___________  (go) to visit her grandmother yesterday. 
a)
went
b)
go
c)
goed
d)
goied
15.

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

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

16.

The students ____ _____ very loudly when the teacher came.

a)

are talk

b)

are talking

c)

was talk

d)

were talking

17.

When I looked in the window, some people ____ ____ lunch.

a)

was eat

b)

were eat

c)

were eating

d)

was eating

18.

The students ____ taking notes while the teacher ____ talking.

a)

were, was

b)

was, was

c)

was, were

d)

were, were

19.

Complete the sentence with the correct option:


My friends __________________ outside yesterday at 5:00p.m.

a)

were playing

b)

was playing

c)

were played

d)

was played