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sSIMPLE PAST VS PROGRESSIVE PAST

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You ____________ the English class very well this morning.

a)

understanding

b)

was understanding

c)

were understanding

d)

are understandig

2.

I _______ her two years ago.

a)

meet

b)

meeted

c)

met

d)

meeting

3.

We____________ at the table in that moment.

a)

was siting

b)

were siting

c)

were sitting

d)

was sitting

4.

He _______ his dinner on the table.

a)

leave

b)

leaved

c)

leaving

d)

left

5.

_________ out last night?

a)

Did you go

b)

Were you going

c)

Where did you

d)

Did you going Did you going

6.

My siblings ______________ a movie while I was cooking.

a)

were watching

b)

was watching

c)

are watching

d)

were watchin

7.

Did you _________ to the movies last weekend?

a)

went

b)

gone

c)

going

d)

go

8.

Yesterday, he ______________ .

a)

were running

b)

was running

c)

was runin

d)

were runing

9.

Jennifer _________ a photo of me while I ________.

a)

takes / wasn't looking

b)

took / weren't looking

c)

took / wasn't looking

d)

took / didn't look

10.

What __________at this time yesterday?

a)

did you do

b)

were you doing

c)

did you doing

d)

have you done have you done

11.

The last time I __________ him, he __________ to be a doctor.

a)

saw / was studying

b)

seen / was studying

c)

saw / studied

d)

was seeing / was studying

12.

Sarah ________ when he ________.

a)

wasn't waiting / arrived

b)

not waiting / arrived

c)

were not waiting / arrived

d)

not was waiting/ was arriving

13.

How fast________(you/drive) when the accident _________ (happen)?

a)

you were driving/happened

b)

did you drive /happened

c)

were you drive/happened

d)

were you driving / happened

14.

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

15.

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

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

16.

(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

17.

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

a)

seed

b)

saw

c)

seen

d)

stoped

18.
I ......................... my car when it ......................... to rain.
a)
was driving / started
b)
drove / was starting
c)
drove / started
d)
was driving / was starting
19.
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
20.
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
21.

simple past of come

a)

camed

b)

come

c)

came

d)

coming

22.

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

a)

were playing

b)

was playing

c)

played

23.

What _____ he _____ (watch) on television when you arrived?

a)

was,watching

b)

were, watching

c)

did, watch

24.

I ______ ________ to Lima all day last Friday.

a)

weren't traveling

b)

wasn't travel

c)

wasn't traveling

25.

We _____ ________ for an important test all night yesterday .

a)

were studying

b)

were studied

c)

was studying.

26.

You _______ to Brazil while she _____ at the office.

a)

was flying - were working

b)

were flying - was working

c)

traveled - was working

d)

were traveling - worked

27.

You went to Anne's party!!

Did you have a good time?

Yes, I _____

a)

had

b)

have

c)

was

d)

did

28.

As soon as she ______, she _____ a delicious breakfast,

a)

wake up - has

b)

woke up - had

c)

woke up - was having

d)

was waking up - was having

29.

A: _______ you a good student at school?

B: Yes, I was.

a)

Did

b)

Do

c)

Was

d)

Were

30.

She _________ the phone while she _______ in her bedroom.

a)

didn't answer - was sleeping

b)

wasn't answering - was sleeping

c)

didn't answer - slept

d)

was answering - weren't sleeping