PAST SIMPLE AND PAST i)When the teacher entered the classroom the

students very loudly (to

CONTINUOUS speak)

1-Rewrite the following sentences in the past j)That terrible accident yesterday
tense. evening (to happen)

1.I go to school in the morning. k)Last night when the thieves

into my house I was sleeping (to break)
2. Diane is very tired.

3. You are at home.

l)My parents in the Cathedral of
4. I have breakfast. Seville 40 years ago (to get married)

5. Thomas and Nick play tennis all day.

m)The Socialist Party the last
6. The plane arrives at half past ten. elections and is now in power (to win)

7. I study English at home.

n)The other day when I tennis I hurt
8. They stay all night in front of the computer. my leg (to play)
9. It is ten past eleven. o)Philip at home in very strange
circumstances (to die)
2- Past simple or past continuous?
p)Susan Law in the university of
a)Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I
Madrid (to study)
TV (to watch)
q)Yesterday when you came home I
b)The police arrested the murderer when he
the dog (to walk)
an old woman (to attack)

r)The plane into the mountains

c)My uncle all his fortune playing
due to the weather conditions (to crash)
in casinos (to lose)

d)Yesterday it rained all day and the river

s)He late at the station and missed
almost its banks (to burst)
his train (to arrive)
e)Last night when I left the party two gangs of
t)The mother went to calm her little baby
hooligans (to fight)
because she (to cry)

u)My neighbour a heart attack last

f)Last Friday my father to Paris to
year and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)
visit my brother who works there (to go)

v)This morning while my friends played football

g)They the new bridge in time for the
I my homework (to do)
Olympic Games (to finish)

h)My girlfriend didn't come with us to the

w)Last summer we to the south
cinema because she (to study)
of Spain for our holiday (to go)
x)Yesterday night it was raining when we
the Theatre (to leave)

y)This morning the dog the postman

when he was delivering the mail (to attack)

z) Last night we to the cinema (walk)

3-

1. Sam (stop) the car to take a

picture.

2. I (study) for the exam for three

hours.

3.Maria when her father

(watch tv,arrive)

4. When I was young, we always

(go) to Florida for the summer.

5. Dan (not/work) last week.

6. you (wash) the

dishes?

7. I (dream) I could fly last night.

8. We (meet) them at the

restaurant.

9. When Peter arrived I a

programme about deserts.(watch)

10. You until you

her.(walk, meet)

11. My friends me they couldn’t

stop laughing.(tell)

12. your mum last

Thursday?(work)

13. Dorothy during eleven hours.

She was so tired.(sleep)

14. What movie you in

the cinema last weekend?(watch)

15. He me all the day and I finally

him.(text, phone)
ANSWER KEY

a.was watching b.was attacking

c.lost d.burst

e.were fighting f.went

g.finished h.was studying

i.were speaking j.happened

k.broke l.got married

m.won n.was playing

o.died p.studied

q.was talking r.crashed

s.arrived t.was crying

u.had v.was doing

w.went x.left

y.attacked z.walked

1.stopped 9.was watching

2.studied 10.were walking/met

3.was watching/arrived 11.told

4.went 12.was/working

5.didn’t work 13.was sleeping

6.did wash 14.did/watch

7.dreamt 15.was
texting/phoned

8.met