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Past Simple or Continuous

This document provides examples to illustrate the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives 20 sentences where the learner must choose whether to use the past simple or past continuous form of the verb based on the tense required by the context. Some sentences describe two simultaneous actions in the past to highlight when to use the past continuous. The document aims to help learners properly select and conjugate verbs in the simple past and past progressive tenses.

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Past Simple or Continuous

This document provides examples to illustrate the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It gives 20 sentences where the learner must choose whether to use the past simple or past continuous form of the verb based on the tense required by the context. Some sentences describe two simultaneous actions in the past to highlight when to use the past continuous. The document aims to help learners properly select and conjugate verbs in the simple past and past progressive tenses.

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Past Simple or Past Continuous? Choose.

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. When ________________?
a) did you arrive b) were you arriving
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

Past simple, past continuous - complete

1. When I (do)_____________the washing-up, I (break) _____________ a plate.


2. While Tom (play) _____________the piano, his mother (do) _____________ the
washing-up.
3. A: What (you, do) ___________________ when you heard that noise? B: I (try)
___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
4. I (have) _____________dinner when I suddenly (hear) _____________a loud bang.
5. My father (work) _______________in the garden when an old friend (pass)
_____________by to see him.
6. 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.
7. When it (start) _____________to rain, our dog (want) _____________to come inside.
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. I (be) _____________on my way home, when I (see) _____________an accident.
10. I (not / understand) _____________what they (talk) ________________about.

Past simple, past continuous - complete

1. When I (get) ____________ up yesterday, the sun (shine) ____________ .


2. It (is) ____________ a beautiful morning.
3. So I (decide) ____________ to go cycling.
4. I (go) ____________ to the shed and (take) ____________ out my bike.
5. While I (cycle) ____________ past some villages, I (see) ____________ many
people working in their gardens.
6. My first door neighbour (mow) ____________ the lawn while his wife (pick)
____________ strawberries.
7. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big raincloud suddenly (appear)
____________ , the sky ____________ (grow) dark and it (start) ____________ to
rain.
8. Luckily, a farmer (notice) ____________ me and (invite) ____________ me to
come in.
9. While it (rain) ____________ outside, I (sit) ________________ in the farmer's
house. His wife kindly ________________(offer) some buscuits and a cup of tea.
10. After a while, the sun (come) ____________ out again.
11. I (thank) ____________ the farmer for his hospitality, (put) ____________ on my
helmet and ______________(leave).

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