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WorksheetsPast Simple and Past Continuous Tense
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
He was doing his homework when I called him.
a) Correct
a) Wrong
George .................... (paint) the ceiling when he .................. (fall) off the ladder.
fell - painted
was painting - fell
was painting - was falling
was falling - painted
Mary ................... (preparing) lunch when they ..................... (come) to my house.
was preparing/came
prepared/came
prepared/was coming
was preparing/was coming
When I .................. the cafeteria, Mary ............................ lunch with Peter.
entered/had
entered/was having
was entering/had
was entering/was having
Miranda .............. to work when she ................. seeing the accident.
drove/saw
drove/was seeing
was driving/saw
was driving.was seeing
I __ when I __ burnt
was cooking, got
cooked, was getting
was cooking, was getting
cooked, got
When her father..................., Sally ......................
was arriving, was cooking
was arriving, cooked
arrived, cooked
arrived, was cooking
If we have a question in Past Simple tense to form it we have to use:
do/ does/ is/ are/ am
did/ was/ were
Choose the sentence which is formed correctly:
I didn't went to school yesterday because I was ill.
I didn't go to school yesterday because I was ill.
Past Continuous formation:
was/ were + V-ing
had + V-ing
Choose the correct one:
Harry were rushing to Maths class when I saw him in the morning.
Harry was rushing to Maths class when I saw him in the morning.
If we want to emphasize the duration of a past action, we use:
Past simple
Past continuous
An action happening at a particular time in the past is expressed by...
Past continuous
Past simple
Actions happening simultaniously in the past are expressed by:
Past continuous
Past Simple
Actions happening one after another in the past are expressed by:
Past continious
Past simple
Choose the correct one:
Were you sleeping while your mom was getting ready for work?
You was sleeping while your mom was getting ready for work?
Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.
was preparing/came
prepared/came
prepared/was coming
was preparing/was coming
Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.
rained
was raining
a) Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.
fell/broke
fell/was breaking
was falling/broke
was falling/was breaking
When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.
entered/had
entered/was having
was entering/had
was entering/was having
a) We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert´s new car.
drove
were driving
Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.
called/parked
called/was parking
was calling/parked
was calling/was parking
