WorksheetsAnn, hw past
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
describe what was happening using PAST CONTINUOUS
describe what was happening using PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
2 SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
make an interrupted activity description PAST SIMPLE + PAST CONTINUOUS
2 SIMULTANEOUS ACTIONS PAST CONTINUOUS
When you passed the town hall clock, did you notice/were you noticing what time it was?
did you notice
were you noticing
Everyone was having a good time, although not many people danced/were dancing
danced
were dancing
It took a while for me to notice, but then I did. Everyone stared/was staring at me. What had I done wrong?
stared
was staring
I was trying/tried to get in touch with you all day yesterday. Where were you?
was trying
tried
Is it true that Sir Isaac Newton understood gravity because an apple (1) fell / was falling on his head when he (2) lay / was lying under a tree in his garden? Probably not. However, many great and small discoveries are the result of lucky accidents …
fell/lay
was faling/was lying
fell/was lying
was falling/lay
One day in 1879 chemist Constantin Fahlberg didn’t wash his hands before dinner. While he (1) ate / was eating he (2) noticed / was noticing that the bread (3) tasted / was tasting sweet.
The sweetness was saccharin.
ate/was noticing/tasted
was eating/noticed/tasted
ate/was noticing/was tasting
was eating/noticed/was tasting
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES:
Alexander Fleming (1) became / was becoming interested in the control of bacteria while he (2) worked / was working as a doctor during the First World War. In 1928 he (3) tidied / was tidying his laboratory when he (4) saw / was seeing that one of the dirty dishes (5) didn’t have / wasn’t having any bacteria on it, but that something else (6) grew / was growing there. It was penicillin.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES:
In 1930 dietician Ruth Wakefield (1) prepared / was preparing some cookies for guests when she
(2) realised / was realising that she had no chocolate powder. She (3) decided / was deciding to use
small pieces of ordinary chocolate instead. The chocolate pieces (4) didn’t melt / wasn’t melting, and
the first chocolate chip cookies were a great success.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVES:
Dr Percy Spencer was a physicist in the 1940s who probably enjoyed chocolate chip cookies.
He (1) walked / was walking past some equipment in the laboratory when he (2) felt / was feeling
something strange in his pocket. It was his chocolate bar and it (3) melted / was melting. This accident
(4) led / was leading to the invention of a new piece of cooking equipment – the microwave oven.
Last year we visited Australia
RIGHT
WRONG
The ship sank because the engineer wasn’t calling for help until it was too late.
RIGHT
WRONG
What did you after you left school?
RIGHT
WRONG
Martin looked forward to a quiet evening when his brother came home from the football match with ten friends.
RIGHT
WRONG
