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Past Simple and Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used for completed actions in the past, while the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past. It provides example sentences using both tenses in the positive, negative, and question forms. There is then a short exercise asking to complete sentences using the correct form of verbs in the past simple or past continuous.

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Past Simple and Continuous Exercises

The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used for completed actions in the past, while the past continuous describes actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past. It provides example sentences using both tenses in the positive, negative, and question forms. There is then a short exercise asking to complete sentences using the correct form of verbs in the past simple or past continuous.

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CHUICA VEGA ANTONY SAMIR

PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS


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Form: we add “ed” to all regular verbs, Form: was/were + verb + ing
Irregular verbs must be learnt by heart. The Past Continuous means that at a time in the past
we were in the middle of an action.
We use the Past Simple for something in the past
which is finished. We were playing tennis at 4 p.m. yesterday.
They were eating when we arrived.
He played tennis yesterday.
The children went to the park this morning. We use: wasn’t/weren’t + verb + ing for negatives:

We use “did” to make questions and “didn’t” for John wasn’t reading a book when we arrived.
negatives. The verb stays in the base form.
Did you see Bob yesterday? We use: was/were + subject + verb + ing for
They didn’t come to the party on Sunday .
questions:
Was she making dinner when you got home?

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs

He _ waited__ (wait) for half an hour before they ___arrived__ (arrive).

Where __did he go ______ (he/go) when you _saw____ (see) him?

He ____phoned________ (phone) me to say they would be late.

She __was talking____ (talk) to John on the phone when I _walked_ (walk) in.

___Did she know_______ (she/know) they __coming______ (come) to the party?

How many people __were sitting____ (sit) in the waiting room when you ___arrived___
(arrive)?

I ___met__ (meet) them in the street while I ____was shopping____ (shop).

The postman __arrived__ (arrive) while I __was leaving___ (leave) the house.

The children __was making___ (make) so much noise that I __didn’t hear__ (not/hear)
the phone ring.

We __were walking_ (walk) down by the river when it __started__ (start) to rain.

The storm _started_ (start) while we _were driving_ (drive) back from London.

They _met_ (meet) when they __were working__ (work) in Paris.

What time _did she arrive_ (she/arrive) last night?

He _broke_ (break) his foot while he _was playing_ (play) football on Saturday.

I _didn’t like_ (not/like) to disturb her because she __was studying__ (study).

I _cutted_ (cut) my finger while I _was chopping_ (chop) vegetables.

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