WorksheetsFourth quarter period
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following answers can help you identify that a sentence is written in simple past?
The auxiliary did
The verb in the present tense
The article
The verb in the simple past
You ....... visiting your friends
was
were
are
is
........ she reading a magazine when Peter arrived?
were
was
do
did
They ............... watching a film yesterday afternoon
weren`t
wasn`t
don`t
isn`t
Ann ................. cleaning her room when her mother called her
weren`t
doesn`t
didn`t
wasn`t
We were ................ around the park
climb
doesn`t run
running
is eating
We ____ (play) video games yesterday at 3 o'clock.
were play
was playing
were playing
was play
They ____ (not/do) their homework yesterday at 3 o'clock
was not doing
were not doing
was not do
My parents ____ (work) when I came home.
My parents was work when I came home.
My parents were work when I came home.
My parents was working when I came home.
My parents were working when I came home.
In 2010, we ____ (live) in a small flat in London.
were living
was live
were live
was living
cooking / she / arrived / was / I / when
Was She cooking when I arrived.
She was cooking when I arrived.
She cooking was when I arrived.
What is the structure for past continuous?
sujeto + verbo auxiliar + verbo principal + complemento
sujeto + verbo principal + verbo auxiliar + complemento
verbo principal + sujeto + complemento
verbo principal + complemento + sujeto
They were (a) soccer in the park
Mary and Thomas (a) drinking coffee near to the Hospital
As the stranger.......... to the station, a car .......... behind him.
was coming, stopped
came, was stopping
was coming, was stopping
When I ......... work at school, the sun.........
was starting, shone
started, shone
started, was shining
He ................ and ................ the lights.
was getting up, switching off
got up, switched off
was getting up, switched off
While we .............. to the news, the phone ..............
were listening, rang
listened, rang
were listening, the phone was ringing
Write a sentence in the past continuous using the verb 'to play'.
I was playing
I am playing
I will play
I played
Complete the following sentence in the past continuous: 'I ________ (watch) TV when the phone rang.'
was watchingg
was watching
were watching
watched
