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PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He...................(run) and he suddenly..............(feel) pain in his leg.

a)

runned/felt

b)

ran/feel

c)

run/felt

d)

was running/felt

2.

Este tiempo se utiliza para describir una acción que empezó y terminó en el pasado

a)

Pasado simple

b)

Pasado continuo

3.

Este tiempo se utiliza para describir una acción que estaba ocurriendo en un momento determinado en el pasado.

a)

Pasado simple

b)

Pasado continuo

4.

Este tiempo se utiliza para describir una acción que transcurría y fue interrumpida por otra acción puntual.

a)

Pasado simple

b)

Pasado continuo

5.

Para expresar acciones pasadas que se desarrollan paralelamente, se utiliza...

a)

WHEN

b)

WHILE

6.

Para describir acciones que se cruzan o que interrumpen a la acción que estaba en proceso, se utiliza...

a)

WHEN

b)

WHILE

7.

Choose the correct option

She ____ on the sofá and watching TV.

a)

SAT

b)

WAS SITTING

c)

WERE SITTING

8.

Which is the correct option?

We threw a ball at him, but he ____

a)

DIDN'T LOOK

b)

WASN'T LOOKING

c)

DIDN’T LOOKED

9.

Which is the correct option?

_____ Jane last night?

a)

DID YOU SAW

b)

DID YOU SEE

c)

YOU SAW

10.

The ball ________ (hit) me while I _____________(watch) a bird.

a)

hitted/watched

b)

hit/was watching

c)

hit/watched

d)

hits/watchs

11.

Complete while or when

I was reading a book ______I was listening to music

a)

while

b)

when

12.

I was writing an email________my phone rang

a)

when

b)

while

13.

Los verbos regulares en pasado simple, terminan en:

a)

ing

b)

ed

c)

Tienen sus propia forma de escribirse

14.

Los verbos irregulares en pasado simple, terminan en:

a)

ing

b)

ed

c)

Tienen sus propia forma de escribirse

15.

El auxiliar de pasado continuo es:

a)

am, is, are

b)

was ,were

c)

did

16.

Los verbos en pasado continuo terminan en :

a)

ing

b)

ed

c)

s, es,ies

17.

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

18.

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

19.

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

20.

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

21.

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

a)

did she gone

b)

did she went

c)

were she going

d)

was she going

22.

Her plane didn't landed yet when we________ (arrive) at the airport.

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

23.

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

24.

We use past continuos

a)

For an action that happened in a concrete moment of the past

b)

For an action that was happening during a time in the past

c)

For an action that will happen in the past

d)

non of the these ones.

25.

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

26.

She missed the bus because she __________ (argue) with one of her friends.

a)

were arguing

b)

was arguing

c)

argued

d)

arguered

27.

While she was talking to her boss, her mobile phone _________ (ring).

a)

was ringing

b)

were ringing

c)

ringed

d)

rang

28.

We were walking in the mountains when we_________ (see) a strange animal.

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

29.

He had an accident while he ___________(play) rugby with his friends.

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

30.

While he __________(do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

31.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
32.
I ......................... the door while I ......................... in my room.
a)
was hitting / danced
b)
hit / was dancing
c)
hit / danced
d)
was hitting / was dancing
33.
Traduce al inglés:
'¿Compraste manzanas ayer?'
a)
Did you buy apples yesterday?
b)
Did you bought apples yesterday?
c)
Do you buy apples yesterday?
d)
Did he buy apple yesterday?
34.
Rellena el hueco que falta:
'He ........................ (buy) at the supermarket when I ........................ (see) him.
a)
was buying / saw
b)
were buying / sees
c)
was buying / see
d)
bought / was seeing
35.
I ......................... (walk) down the street at the moment I realised I ......................... (not take) my keys.
a)
was walking / didn't take
b)
walked / wasn't taking
c)
walked / didn't take
d)
was walking / wasn't taking
36.
I ......................... (do) my homework yesterday.
a)
did
b)
do
c)
were doing
d)
doing