Past Simple/Continuous A2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, b
• Leerjaar 1

Past simple and continuous 

Past simple when

Talk about finished actions at a specific moment in the past

Signal words:

yesterday, last week, a year ago, on Tuesday, this morning,

at 5 a.m., an hour ago, etc...

Past

Present

X

Past continuous

When something happened in the past for a longer period of time.

was/were + verb + ing

I was playing a game with my friend.

Use the past simple/continuous

I / run / in the park / when / Joanna /call/ me

past simple/past continuous

We ............ dinner when my father's colleague ....... us a visit.

1. are having/pays
2. are having/to pay
3. were have/paid
4. were having/paid

past simple/past continuous

Last night Jason ................. a game when his mother ................ him.

1. is playing/calls
2. plays/calls
3. is playing/called
4. was playing/called

past simple/past continuous
He ___ the city while they ____ ____ out.

1. was exploring, were dining
2. explored, was dining
3. explore, were dining
4. explored, were dining

past simple/past continuous

When father ... home my brother got scared and quickly ... in the closet.

1. came/hid
2. came/had been
3. came/was hiding
4. was coming, was hiding

past simple/past continuous
I ____ (to walk) down the road when a car hit me.

1. walked
2. was walking
3. were walking
4. walk

Use past simple and past continuous:
Yesterday I ...... him while I ..... ! (not see / shop)

past simple/past continuous
The boy ___ (to play) in the tree when he ____ (to fall) out.

1. played / fell
2. was playing / was falling
3. was playing / fell
4. played / was falling

past simple/past continuous

You ... (study) when she called.

1. Present Perfect
2. Past Simple
3. Past Continuous
4. Present simple

past simple / past continuous

She was walking the dog when I ... (to look) at her.

1. looked
2. looking
3. had been looking
4. were looking

MAKE A NEGATIVE PAST CONTINUOUS SENTENCES.

THEY / TALK / AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY.

MAKE A QUESTION IN PAST CONTINUOUS/PAST SIMPLE.

TOM / COOK / WHEN / YOU / ARRIVE.

MAKE A QUESTION IN PAST SIMPLE.

Nichole / be / in the school / yesterday

MAKE A NEGATIVE SENTENCE IN PAST SIMPLE.

Holly / wear / a skirt / this morning.