Question

Past simple & Past continuous

1. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in

brackets.

a.___________ you ______________(watch) the football match on TV when I phoned (phone)?

b. The teachers _______________ (speak) when you _______________ (arrive) to school.

c. We _______________ (not like) the movie. It was boring.

d. I _________________ (not listen) to music last night. I ______________ (study) Chemistry.

e. She _______________ (have) a shower when you ______________ (knock) at the door.

f. They _____________ (not go) to the theatre last month. The tickets were all sold.

g. While Chris and Jane ___________________ (travel) on Saturday, we _________________

(prepare) the party for their arrival.

h. The children _______________ (sing) some songs last week, at the Christmas Festival.

i. Yesterday, I _______________ (hear) a strange noise while I _______________ (put on)

my pyjamas.

j. We _________________ (write) notes in class, when the Headmaster _____________

(come) in.

k. What __________ you __________ (do) last Tuesday at 11 p.m.?

2. Underline the correct answer.

a. While my mother [cooked / was cooking], she [watched / was watching] TV.

b. We [slept / were sleeping] in our bedrooms at 6 o’clock.

c. The boys [played / were playing] baseball when it [started / was starting] to rain.

d. My cousin [had / was having] dinner when the telephone [rang / was ringing].

e. When I [got / was getting] up, my father [read / was reading] the newspaper.

f. Emilio [fell / was falling] when he [painted / was painting] the wall.

g. The doctor [examined / was examining] my eyesight yesterday.



3. Complete the following text with the Past Simple of the Past Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

I was (be) with some friends and we _______________ (run) in a race. It was a marathon.

There _____________ (be) hundreds of runners around us, men and women, and it

_____________ (be) extremely hot. As we _____________ (cross) a bridge over a river, I

suddenly _____________ (notice) that everyone in the race _______________ (have) the

same face, even my friends! They were all the same person! I _____________ (want) to

stop, but there ______________ (be) so many people behind me that I _______________

(have to) keep running. Then I _______ __________ (wake up) screaming.​

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1.

a) were you watching

b) were speaking / arrived

c) didn’t like

d) didn’t listen / was studying

e) was having / knocked

f) didn’t go

g) were traveling / we were preparing

h) sang

i) heard / was putting on

j) were writing / came in

k) were you Doing

2.

a) was cooking / was watching

b) were sleeping

c) were playing / started

d) was having / rang

e) got / was reading

f) fell / was painting

g) examined

3.

ran

were

was

crossed

noticed

had

wanted

was

had to

woke up

Explicación:

En la 1 y 2 actividad he puesto una barra (/) para separar las palabras de la misma frase.

Espero haber ayudado!