UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR

INSTITUTO ACADÈMICO DE IDIOMAS

Name: __________________________ Date: _________________

PAST CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE PAST

1. At ten o’clock yesterday morning, there was a robbery at the Midwest

Bank. You are a police officer and you are asking Tim Smith questions
about what he was doing, what other people were doing and what he
saw. Write the questions. Use was were, the past simple (did), and the
past continuous (were doing)

‘Now then, Mr Smith, I know you saw the robbery yesterday. I would like to ask you
some questions.

1. What / you / do / at 10 o’clock? What were you doing at 10 o’clock?____________

2. Where /Joan Turner?
3. What / Mrs Jones / do?
4. Where / Mrs Walters / go?
5. the robbers / carry / guns?
6. Where / the big car / wait?
7. driver / a man or a woman?
8. you / see / a man on the corner?
9. some men / repair / the road?
10. anyone / wait / at the bus stop?
11. you / phone / the police?
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Thank you Mr Smith, That was very helpful.’

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INSTITUTO ACADÈMICO DE IDIOMAS

2. Now use Tim Smith’s answer to complete this paragraph. Look at the
picture to help you.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

2. Write the correct reflexive pronoun.

1. He burnt ________________ with the matches. (himself / herself)

2. Be careful! You might electrocute ________________ (myself / yourself)

3. Ow! I've cut ________________. (myself / yourself)
4. The cat has scratched ________________. (itself / myself)
5. They're taking photos of ________________. (themselves / itself)
6. We're going to hurt________________ if we're not careful. (myself / ourselves)
7. Paul saw ________________ in the mirror. (himself / themselves)
8. The girls hurt ________________ when they crashed. (herself / themselves)
9. The dog cut ________________ on some broken glass. (itself / myself)
10. We enjoyed ________________ in Turkey (ourselves / yourself)