Last night I ________________ in bed when I suddenly ________________ a scream. (read, hear)

While the waiter ________________ up the pieces of glass he ________________ his finger (pick, cut)

He ________________ guitar when someone ________________ the window and ________________ out a bucket of water. (play, open, throw)

She ________________ a bright yellow dress when I last ________________ her. (wear, see)

When I ___________________ (ARRIVE) home I ___________________ (SEE) that someone had broken into my house.

She ___________________ (MEET) James on the street yesterday and he ___________________ (TELL) her that he had been ill for the past two weeks.

While I ___________________ (WALK) through Bologna I ___________________ (THINK) about the wonderful times I had spent there as a student.

While we __________ down the Amazon, the back _____ off the boat.

I ________ a shark while I __________ in my boat.

While I ______ a photo, a spider ______ my leg.

Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous:

We ..................................... (to eat) when grandma called.

Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous:

I ......................... (to talk) to him at the party last night.

Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous:

It ... (to rain) all day yesterday.

Fill in the Past Simple or Continuous:

We ... (to bring) a present to my grandma's new house yesterday.

What _____ you ______ (to do) when I ________ (to call) you last night?

When  you ________ (to arrive) at the pary, who ________ (to be) there?

Susie ________ (to watch) a film, when she ___________ (to hear) a  noise.

Yesterday I _____ (to go) to the library and later I _____ (to meet) Julie for a coffee.

When I ________ (to walk) into the room, everyone _________ (to work).

He ... (to live) in Russia, when the Revolution ... (to start).

When her train ... (to get) to the station, we ... (to wait) on the platform.

When I ... (to fall), it ... (to snow).

While Tom _______(read) , Amely ________ (watch) a documentary on TV.

He _______(wake) up and ________(look) at his watch.

While I _______(drive), I ________(have) an accident.

Alan ___________(look) out of the window when he ____________(see) a UFO.

The thieves _____________(hide) in the kitchen when the police _______ (come) in.

They ______ golf at 7am this morning. They started at 6am.

I rang you last night, but you weren't home. What ____?

John's students were running around when he _________ at the classroom.

When I came home, mom _________________ a meal.

When I came to class, the teacher ____________ there.

She didn't complete the test when the time _______ over.

While she was talking on the phone,

What ... at 8 p.m. yesterday?

I ______________________(make) breakfast when the dog_____________________ (eat) my sandwich.

What .... (you/ do) when the phone ... ( ring)

Past Simple is used...

Past Continuous is used ...

Choose the sentences with Past Simple.

Choose the sentences with Past Continuous.

Choose the markers of Past Simple.

Choose the markers of Past Continuous.

His cell phone______ (ring) when he ________(drive)

Neil _______ (arrive) late when his boss _______ (make) a speech.

We _______ (have) a party when I _________ (take) this photo.

We ______(hear) the score when we ______ (travel) in Florida.

Tommy _______ (fall off) his bike when he _______(ride) home.

Mark ________ (talk) on the phone when he ________ (get) a text.

The children _______(play) computer games when the visitors _______(enter) the room.

While we _______(have ) a barbecue, it ________ (start) to rain.

When I _______(write) a report , my computer ______(crash)

1. I left home at six-thirty this morning and went to work.

2. He was doing his homework when I called him.

3. Did the storm wake you up? It was raining heavily all night.

4. Stewart wasn’t careful. He hit a tree and he was falling off his bike.

5. I watched TV when I heard the phone ring.

6. (A) Were you and John studying?

(B) Yes, we were.

7. Sarah found a new job at an office downtown.

8. I was washing the dishes and Tom was sweeping the floor.

9. (A) Was the dog barking?

(B) No, it didn’t.

10. (A) What were you doing?

(B) We ate dinner.

11. While Tom ___________(read) , Emily__________ (watch) a documentary on TV.

12. He ________(wake) up and ______________(look) at his watch.

13. While I ________(drive), I ________(have) an accident.

15. The thieves (hide) in the kitchen when the police (come) in.

16. While we (clean) the house, we (break) some glasses.

17. While he ........... a shower, his dogs ................ his steaks.

18. The students ...... cards when the teacher ...... in.

19. We ........ at the breakfast table when the doorbell ........

22. _____________ to Adelaide last weekend?

23. John's students were running around when he _________ at the classroom.

24. I _______________ money while I was walking home.

25. We ___________ Kahoot yesterday and had a great time.

We form Past Simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the main verb.

Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants, do not double the last consonant and take -ed.

Verbs ending in a vowel +y, do not take -ed.

Verbs ending in a consonant +y, drop the y and take -ied.

Verbs ending in -l, do not double the l and take -ed.

Verbs ending in -e take only -d.

Irregular verbs do not form the past simple by adding -ed.

Irregular verbs form questions and negations with do/do not and the root form of the verb.

Used to is used to talk about past habits or things that do not happen any more.

We for the past continuous with was/were and the main verb with the -ed suffix.

We form the interrogative form (past continuous) by putting was/were before the subject and we use the main verb with the -ing suffix.

We form the negative form (past continuous) by putting not before the subject and we use the main verb with the -ing suffix.