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ENT203 - Unit 4 - Past continuous vs Past Simple

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
While I (drive), I (have) an accident.
a)
drived/had
b)
was driving/ had
c)
drove / was having
d)
drove/ had
3.
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
4.

________________ at school yesterday? (you / be)

a)

Was you

b)

Did you be

c)

You were

d)

Were you

5.

Katy and Candy _____ computer games at 8 this morning.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

were playing

d)

are playing

6.

I _____ football with my friends yesterday.

a)

play

b)

played

c)

am playing

d)

was playing

7.

Mum _____ at half past nine last night.

a)

shopped

b)

were shopping

c)

was shoping

d)

was shopping

8.

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

9.
We really(enjoy) the game last Sunday.
a)
enjoyed
b)
enjoying
c)
were enjoying
10.
They(not play) very well yesterday. They lost the match.
a)
weren't playing
b)
not play
c)
didn't play
d)
wasn't playing
11.

Last night we (a)   pizza for dinner (eat)

12.

We didn't (a)   the game last night (watch)

13.
He ______ (win) the Nobel Prize last year. 
a)
winned
b)
wined
c)
won
d)
winning
14.
She ___________  (go) to visit her grandmother yesterday. 
a)
went
b)
go
c)
goed
d)
goied
15.

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

a)

were play

b)

was playing

c)

were playing

d)

was play

16.

The students ____ _____ very loudly when the teacher came.

a)

are talk

b)

are talking

c)

was talk

d)

were talking

17.

When I looked in the window, some people ____ ____ lunch.

a)

was eat

b)

were eat

c)

were eating

d)

was eating

18.

The students ____ taking notes while the teacher ____ talking.

a)

were, was

b)

was, was

c)

was, were

d)

were, were

19.

Complete the sentence with the correct option:


My friends __________________ outside yesterday at 5:00p.m.

a)

were playing

b)

was playing

c)

were played

d)

was played

20.

They (study) in the library when the fire alarm went off.

(a)  

21.

Abert Einstein (die) in 1955.

(a)  

22.

Tom (go) to the post office twice yesterday.

(a)  

23.

You (not/do) ………….your project yet, I suppose.

(a)  

24.

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:

a)

past simple

b)

past continuous

c)

present perfect

25.

Thì __________ diễn tả chuỗi hành động xảy ra lần lượt trong quá khứ

a)

past simple

b)

past continuous

c)

present perfect

26.

Thì _________ Diễn tả nhiều hành động xảy ra đồng thời trong quá khứ

a)

past simple

b)

past continuous

c)

present perfect

27.

Đâu là cách dùng thì past continuous

a)

nhấn mạnh diễn biến hay quá trình của sự vật hay sự việc hoăc thời gian sự vật hay sự việc đó diễn ra

b)

sự việc xảy ra trong quá khứ và vẫn còn tiếp diễn ở hiện tại

c)

diễn tả 1 hành động đang diễn ra trong quá khứ thì có hành động khác xen vào.

d)

Diễn tả chuỗi hành động xảy ra lần lượt trong quá khứ

28.

Mr. Phelps is a swimmer. He started swimming when he was five years old. (present perfect)

-> Mr.Phleps (a)  

29.

I started playing the piano four years ago.

-> I (a)   4 years

30.

The fire (start) while she (was sleeping)

(a)  

31.

I (play) games while mom (cook).

(a)  

32.

I have studied English _________ I was young

a)

for

b)

since

33.

He hasn't seen that movie since 7 years ago

-> The last (a)   .

34.

She has driven __________ 1 month.

a)

for

b)

since

35.

When did you buy the car?

=> How long (a)   ?

36.

A lot of things have changed ___ he has arrived.

a)

for

b)

since

37.

He has been running ___ two hours now.

a)

for

b)

since

38.

While people were talking to each other, he (read) his book.

(a)  

39.

While we (ran) in the park, Mary (fall) over.

(a)  

40.

They (watched) football on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.

(a)  

41.

While I (study) last night, Fred (drop by) to visit me.

(a)  

42.

Jim was standing under the tree when he (a)   an explosion (hear)

43.

My father (not/ play)……….. any sport since last year.

(a)  

44.

Last week we (a)   (drive) through the Alps into Switzerland.

45.

At 8p.m yesterday, we (a)   (watch) a film.

46.

(a)   (you/ see) the football match yesterday?

47.

James broke his arm when he (a)   (play) rugby.

48.

Kylie (a)   (make) her first film when she was 21.

49.

Mrs Jones (a)   (not know) how to open the attachment in her email.

50.

What (a)   (your father/ do) when the alarm sounded?

51.

When we (a)   (leave) school yesterday, it was pouring with rain.

52.

They (a)   (walk) through the forest when the storm started.

53.

I (a)   (not queue) for the bus when the accident happened.

54.

When we _____________(be) in Canana, we _____________(go) skiing almost every day

(a)  

55.

He joined / was joining the company 25 years ago and he still works for us.

(a)  

56.

What did they do / were they doing at 11pm last night - it was really noisy?

(a)  

57.

At this time last week, we lay / were lying on a beach in the sun.

(a)  

58.

When I walked / was walking into the class, the teacher talked / was talking about the new course.

a)

walked - talked

b)

was walking - was talking

c)

walked - was talking

d)

was walking - talked

59.

My parents lived / were living in Berlin for ten years. They lived / were living that when the Berlin wall came down in 1999.

a)

lived - were living

b)

lived - lived

c)

were living - were living

d)

were living - lived

60.

How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you were travelling around Ireland?

a)

were you taking

b)

did you take

61.

As soon as I saw / was seeing the accident I called / was calling the police.

a)

was seeing - called

b)

saw - called

c)

saw - was calling

d)

was seeing - was calling