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Past Cont and Past Simp

The document provides examples of sentences with blanks to be filled in with either the simple past or past continuous verb tense. It then provides additional exercises for the reader to practice using these two past verb tenses, including filling in blanks, providing past tense verbs, and rewriting sentences and conversations in the appropriate past tense.

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Past Cont and Past Simp

The document provides examples of sentences with blanks to be filled in with either the simple past or past continuous verb tense. It then provides additional exercises for the reader to practice using these two past verb tenses, including filling in blanks, providing past tense verbs, and rewriting sentences and conversations in the appropriate past tense.

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Choose which verb tense (simple past or past continuous) fits better.

1. I ________ - I didn't hear you come in.


a) was sleeping b) slept

2. I ________ to see her twice, but she wasn't home.


a) was coming b) came

3. What ________? I was watching TV.


a) did you do b) were you doing

4. Robin Hood was a character who ________ from the rich and gave
to the poor.
a) stole b) was stealing

5. Hey, did you talk to her? Yes, I ________ to her


a) was talking b) talked

6. I ________ home very late last night.


a) came b) was coming

7. How long ________ the flu?


a) did you have b) were you having

8. ________ a good time in Brazil? Yes, I had a blast!


a) Were you having b) Did you have

9. We ________ breakfast when she walked into the room.


a) had b) were having

10. Last month I decided to buy a new car, and today I finally
________ it.
a) bought b) was buying

Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1. A: What (you, do) ___________________ when you heard that noise?
B: I (try) ___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I (find) ___________________ the wallet full of money, I (go,
immediately)___________________ to the police and (turn) ___________________ it in.
3. The doctor (say) ___________________ that Brian (be) _________________ too weak to go to
work and that he (need) ___________________ to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. My best friend (arrive) ___________________ at my house a little before 9:00 pm, but I (be, not)
___________________ there. I (study) ___________________ at the library for my final
examination in Italian.
5. John is in the living room working on his computer. At this time yesterday, he (work, also)
___________________ on his computer. That's all he ever does!
6. I (call) ___________________ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)___________________
there. Where were you?
B: I (work) ___________________ out at the gym.
7. When I (walk) ___________________ into the busy office, the secretaries
(talk)___________________ on the phone with customers, a clerk (work,
busily)___________________ at his desk, and two managers (discuss, quietly)
___________________ methods to improve customer service.
8. I (watch) ___________________ a thriller on T.V. when the electricity went out. Now I am never
going to find out how the film ends.
9. Samantha (be) ___________________ in the room when Bob (tell)
___________________ me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (be, listen)
___________________ to music.
10. It's strange that you (call) ___________________ because I (think, just) ___________________
about you.

Find the Past Simple of the following verbs:


Work ____________________ come __________________
Walk ____________________ speak __________________
Talk _____________________ see ____________________
Clean ___________________ do _____________________
Live _____________________ go _____________________
Wash ___________________ sing ____________________

Complete what Jenny says using the following verbs in the Past Continuous:
Jenny is telling her teacher why she couldn't study for an exam.

watch listen sing clean cook play lie


It was impossible for me to concentrate! I went to my bedroom and my mother
_________________________ the carpet with the vacuum cleaner. Then I went to the living room
but my brother Paul _______________________ on the sofa. He ____________ his guitar. After that
I decided to go to the kitchen.
There, my grandmother _________________________ and she ___________ also
____________________ TV. Finally, I went out to the garden where I found my sister. She
__________________ to her Walkman and she ___________________ at the top of her voice.

Write the correct form of the verb, using the Past Simple or the Past
Continuous tense.
A: I __________________________ (see) Peter and John in the park on Sunday.
B: _________________________________ (they/play) football?
They always play football on Sundays.
A: No, they ______________________ (not/be).
They _______________________ (talk) with some girls.
B: ____________________________ (you/say) hello to them?
A. Although I _______________________ (call) their names, they _______________ (not/hear) me.
B: Maybe they _______________________ (not/notice) you ________________ (be) there

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.
1) Frank _______________ (finish) his lunch and ____________ (ring) his friend Jason.
2) Jason ____________ (watch) TV when Fran______________ (phone) him.
3) He ____________ (turn off) the TV when he ____________ (hear) the phone ringing.
4) They _________________________ (decide) what to do when Jason _____________________
(suggest) going to the club.
5) Frank _______________ Jason ____________ (pick up) and _________________ (drive) to the
club.
6) Two other people _______________________(use) their tennis court when they
_________________________ (arrive).
7) They ______________________ (drink) a soda and ____________________ (eat) a sandwich
while they _____________________(wait) to play.
8) While they __________________________ (play), it ________ (start) to rain so they
______________________ (have) to stop playing.

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