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Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The document provides information about using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to talk about finished past actions, while the past continuous is used for actions that were ongoing at a specific past time or interrupted by another action. 2. It includes examples of using each tense, irregular and regular verb forms, exercises to practice filling in blanks with the correct past tense, and questions to answer using the past tenses. 3. The exercises focus on a tornado that hit Oklahoma and Kansas, destroying homes and injuring people, and ask learners to recount events that occurred before, during and after the storm using the past tenses.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

1. The document provides information about using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. The past simple is used to talk about finished past actions, while the past continuous is used for actions that were ongoing at a specific past time or interrupted by another action. 2. It includes examples of using each tense, irregular and regular verb forms, exercises to practice filling in blanks with the correct past tense, and questions to answer using the past tenses. 3. The exercises focus on a tornado that hit Oklahoma and Kansas, destroying homes and injuring people, and ask learners to recount events that occurred before, during and after the storm using the past tenses.

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Past simple and past continuous


Past simple
We use the past simple to talk about a finished
action in the past.

4 The pop star (sing) when the


lights (go out).
5 It (start) to rain when we
(walk) on the beach.

Irregular Verbs:

3 Complete the text. Use the correct form of


the past simple or past continuous.

- Mark went to the cinema last night.


- Susan didnt go to the party because she was
ill.

At midnight last night rescue teams


1
(search) for victims after a
giant tornado 2 (hit) Oklahoma
and Kansas. The storm flattened more than
5,000 homes and 3 (injure)
more than 700 people.

Regular Verbs:
- I studied for my exam very much.
- I didnt fail my final exam.

Past continuous
We use the past continuous to talk about:
an action which was in progress at a particular
time in the past.
They were watching TV at nine oclock
last night.
an action in the past that is interrupted by another
action
I was walking along the street when someone stole
my bag.
1 Choose the correct tenses.
It was one oclock in the morning and I
1
was lying / lay awake in bed. The wind
2
was blowing / blew outside and it 3 rained / was
raining. Suddenly I 4 heard / was hearing a loud
crash. It 5 came / was coming from downstairs. I 6
got up / was getting up and 7 switched on / was
switching on the light. Everything was quiet and
still. Only the clock in the hallway 8 was ticking /
ticked. I 9 walked / was walking down the stairs
when I 10 noticed / was noticing something
strange. The front door was wide open.
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct
form of the past simple or past continuous.
Peter was driving (drive) home when he saw
(see) the accident.
1 I (watch) TV when the phone
(ring).
2 He (wear) sunglasses when I
(meet) him.
3 She (fall) asleep while she
(do) her homework.

Robert Hensley 4 (hide) in


his cellar when the tornado 5
(destroy) his home. I 6 (not come
out) until two hours later, he said,
My house was gone and I 7
(not recognize) the street.
Mary Richardson 8 (have) a
bath when she 9 (hear) the
tornado. She quickly 10 (put on)
a coat and 11 (escape) to the
local high school. I 12 (run) to
the school when the tornado 13
(strike) my house, she said. It
14
(be) a very frightening
experience.
4 Write the questions. Use the past simple or
past continuous.
1 When / you / break/ your arm?

2 How many / homes / the storm /break?

3 Where / Robert Hensley / hide / when the


police / find him?

4 Why / she / cry?

5 Who / have a bath / when the tornado / arrive?

6 You / see / the thief?

7 What / you / do / when I / see / you?

8 When / the film / start ?

9 Where / you / lose / your sun glasses?

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