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Past tense and past Countinous

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

MARIA ____ (DO) THE SHOPPING WHEN A THIEF ____ (STEAL) HER PURSE.

a)

WAS DOING - STOLE

b)

WERE DOING - STOLEN

c)

DID - WAS STOLEN

2.

THE STORM ____ (START) WHILE THEY ____ (CYCLE) IN THE FOREST.

a)

WAS STARTED - WAS CYCLING

b)

WAS STARTING - CYCLED

c)

STARTED - WERE CYCLING

3.

WHEN I ____ (ARRIVE) HOME, MY SISTER ____ (PLAY) ON MY COMPUTER.

a)

WAS ARRIVING - WAS PLAYED

b)

ARRIVED - WAS PLAYING

c)

ARRIVED - PLAYED

4.

WHILE OFFICERS ____ (TAKE) HIM TO THE POLICE STATION, HE ___ (RUN) AWAY.

a)

WERE TAKING - RAN

b)

TOOK- WAS RUNNING

c)

WAS TAKING - RUN

5.

I ___ (MEET) JOAN A FEW YEARS AGO WHILE I ____ (SPEND) MY SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN IRELAND.

a)

MEET - WAS SPENT

b)

MET - WAS SPENDING

c)

WAS MET- WERE SPENDING

6.

WHILE THEY ____ (DRIVE) HOME LAST NIGHT, THE POLICE ____ (STOP) THEM.

a)

WERE DRIVING - STOPPED

b)

DRIVED - WAS STOPING

c)

WAS DRIVING- STOPED

7.

WHEN OUR PARENTS ___ (COME) HOME YESTERDAY, MY BROTHER AND I ___ (WATCH) A HORROR FILM ON TV.

a)

CAME - WERE WATCHING

b)

COMED - WATCHED

c)

WERE CAME - WAS WATCHING

8.

THE BURGLAR ___ (RUN) AWAY WITH SOME STOLEN THINGS WHEN THE POLICE ____ ( CATCH) HIM

a)

WAS RUNNIG- CAUGHT

b)

WAS RUNNIG - CATCHED

c)

RUNNING - WAS CAUGHT

9.

She ________ when the shark _________ her.

a)

surf / attack

b)

surfing / attacked

c)

was surfing / was attacking

d)

was surfing / attacked

10.

I _____ football with my friends yesterday.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

am playing

d)

was playing

11.

We _____ a great weekend at a resort in China.

a)

were have

b)

were having

c)

have

d)

had

12.

Katy and Candy _____ computer games at 8 this morning.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

were playing

d)

are playing

13.
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
14.
He (wake) up and (look) at his watch.
a)
waked / looked
b)
was waking / looked
c)
woke/ looked
15.
While I (drive), I (have) an accident.
a)
drived/had
b)
was driving/ had
c)
drove / was having
d)
drove/ had
16.
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
17.
 What (you, do) ...........when you .............(hear)  that noise?
a)
were you doing/ heard
b)
you were doing / heard
c)
you did/ heard
d)
you did / were hearing
18.
My friend .............me while I .....................the homework
a)
was phoning / was doing
b)
phoned / was doing
c)
phoned / did
d)
were phoning / were doing
19.

While they were digging in the garden, they _________ some gold!

a)

discovered

b)

discovering

c)

were discovering

20.

10.I __________ (meet) him the day before yesterday.

a)

A. met

b)

B. meet

c)

C. meeted

d)

D. meeting

21.

He ________ an actor when he________ young.

a)

is, is

b)

are, is

c)

was, was

d)

is, was

22.
_________ Hadeel _________ a cake ?
a)
Does/ bake
b)
Did/ baked
c)
Did /bake
d)
Was/ bake
23.
They ________________ move to Haifa last year.
a)
did move
b)
don't move
c)
didn't moved
d)
didn't move
24.

_______ we play the violin last weekend? No, we ________.

a)

Did, didn't

b)

Do, don't

c)

Does, doesn't

d)

Did, did

25.

A: ___________ you talking on the phone a few minutes ago? B: No, I __________.

a)

WAS / WASN'T

b)

WERE / WEREN'T

c)

WERE / WASN'T

26.

Who .......... this window?

a)

break

b)

breaks

c)

broke

d)

did break

27.

Ayang didn't ______ to school by car, but she _____ to school by public vehicle yesterday.

a)

went - go

b)

went - went

c)

go - go

d)

go - went

28.

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

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

29.

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

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

30.

(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

31.

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

32.

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

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

33.

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

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

34.

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

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

35.

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

36.

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

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

37.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
38.
I ......................... the door while I ......................... in my room.
a)
was hitting / danced
b)
hit / was dancing
c)
hit / danced
d)
was hitting / was dancing
39.
I ......................... (wash) my car while he ......................... (watch) TV on the sofa.
a)
was washing / was watching
b)
washed / was watching
c)
washed / watched
d)
was washing / watched
40.
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
41.

I ( play) ..................football when my mother came back.

a)

played

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

am playing

42.

you ( listen) ..........to music at 6 p.m yesterday?

a)

Do you listen

b)

Are you listening

c)

Did you listen

d)

Were you listening

43.

When I saw you in the shop last night, you …………… your new hat.

a)

don’t wear

b)

weren’t wearing

c)

haven’t been wearing

d)

haven’t worn

44.

Rini …… ……….. while her mother was washing the vegetables.

a)

was sleeping

b)

is sleeping

c)

has slept

d)

to sleep

45.

When Tono ….. Ali, he was riding a bike.

a)

was meeting

b)

has met

c)

meets

d)

met

46.

a letter was writing called Santy for him when Andri .

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

a)

945672318

b)

523189467

c)

523167894

d)

921456837

47.

When the police ...., the thief ..... away.

a)

was arriving, ran

b)

arrived, was running

c)

arrived, was runing

d)

were arriving, ran

48.

I ________(read) a book when suddenly I ________(hear) a noise.

a)

read / heard

b)

was reading / was hearing

c)

was reading / heard

d)

read / was hearing

49.

I _______________(study) history when my friends__________________ (come) around.

a)

studied / came

b)

was studying / came

c)

was coming / came

d)

studied / were coming

50.

what you ( do ) ...................at 9 p.m yesterday?

a)

are you doing

b)

was you doing

c)

were you doing

d)

is you doing

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