WorksheetsENT203 - Unit 4 - Past continuous vs Past Simple
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
________________ at school yesterday? (you / be)
Was you
Did you be
You were
Were you
Katy and Candy _____ computer games at 8 this morning.
play
played
were playing
are playing
I _____ football with my friends yesterday.
play
played
am playing
was playing
Mum _____ at half past nine last night.
shopped
were shopping
was shoping
was shopping
Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?
do you do
did you do
didn't do
were you doing
Last night we (a) pizza for dinner (eat)
We didn't (a) the game last night (watch)
We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.
were play
was playing
were playing
was play
The students ____ _____ very loudly when the teacher came.
are talk
are talking
was talk
were talking
When I looked in the window, some people ____ ____ lunch.
was eat
were eat
were eating
was eating
The students ____ taking notes while the teacher ____ talking.
were, was
was, was
was, were
were, were
Complete the sentence with the correct option:
My friends __________________ outside yesterday at 5:00p.m.
were playing
was playing
were played
was played
They (study) in the library when the fire alarm went off.
(a)
Abert Einstein (die) in 1955.
(a)
Tom (go) to the post office twice yesterday.
(a)
You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose.
(a)
Thì __________ được dùng để nói về các sự việc vừa mới xảy ra và hậu quả của nó vẫn còn ảnh hưởng đến hiện tại:
past simple
past continuous
present perfect
Thì __________ diễn tả chuỗi hành động xảy ra lần lượt trong quá khứ
past simple
past continuous
present perfect
Thì _________ Diễn tả nhiều hành động xảy ra đồng thời trong quá khứ
past simple
past continuous
present perfect
Đâu là cách dùng thì past continuous
nhấn mạnh diễn biến hay quá trình của sự vật hay sự việc hoăc thời gian sự vật hay sự việc đó diễn ra
sự việc xảy ra trong quá khứ và vẫn còn tiếp diễn ở hiện tại
diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ thì có hành động khác xen vào.
Diễn tả chuỗi hành động xảy ra lần lượt trong quá khứ
Mr. Phelps is a swimmer. He started swimming when he was five years old. (present perfect)
-> Mr.Phleps (a)
I started playing the piano four years ago.
-> I (a) 4 years
The fire (start) while she (was sleeping)
(a)
I (play) games while mom (cook).
(a)
I have studied English _________ I was young
for
since
He hasn't seen that movie since 7 years ago
-> The last (a) .
She has driven __________ 1 month.
for
since
When did you buy the car?
=> How long (a) ?
A lot of things have changed ___ he has arrived.
for
since
He has been running ___ two hours now.
for
since
While people were talking to each other, he (read) his book.
(a)
While we (ran) in the park, Mary (fall) over.
(a)
They (watched) football on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.
(a)
While I (study) last night, Fred (drop by) to visit me.
(a)
Jim was standing under the tree when he (a) an explosion (hear)
My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.
(a)
Last week we (a) (drive) through the Alps into Switzerland.
At 8p.m yesterday, we (a) (watch) a film.
(a) (you/ see) the football match yesterday?
James broke his arm when he (a) (play) rugby.
Kylie (a) (make) her first film when she was 21.
Mrs Jones (a) (not know) how to open the attachment in her email.
What (a) (your father/ do) when the alarm sounded?
When we (a) (leave) school yesterday, it was pouring with rain.
They (a) (walk) through the forest when the storm started.
I (a) (not queue) for the bus when the accident happened.
When we _____________(be) in Canana, we _____________(go) skiing almost every day
(a)
He joined / was joining the company 25 years ago and he still works for us.
(a)
What did they do / were they doing at 11pm last night - it was really noisy?
(a)
At this time last week, we lay / were lying on a beach in the sun.
(a)
When I walked / was walking into the class, the teacher talked / was talking about the new course.
walked - talked
was walking - was talking
walked - was talking
was walking - talked
My parents lived / were living in Berlin for ten years. They lived / were living that when the Berlin wall came down in 1999.
lived - were living
lived - lived
were living - were living
were living - lived
How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you were travelling around Ireland?
were you taking
did you take
As soon as I saw / was seeing the accident I called / was calling the police.
was seeing - called
saw - called
saw - was calling
was seeing - was calling
