Academic Community: Foreign Languages Subject: English Time: 30 minutes

ENGLISH FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM

Date:
UNIT 5 WORKSHOP
July/2020
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS
Teacher: Carlos Hernández Avila Date: July 31st Score:
Student’s Name: ____________________________________ Grade: 9th Level: B1
Goal: To assess the target language use of past simple and continuous.

PAST IDEAS

Choose the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2. When the teacher said / was saying STOP!, I tried / was trying to finish the last question.

3. I feel very stupid! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.

4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mother called / was calling him for lunch.

5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

6. Ronald found / was finding a really interesting website about music while he surfed / was surfing in the internet.

7. My mom had / was having breakfast near the computer when he spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee.

9. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I went / was going to the school, I felt terrible.

2. Complete the story with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I ……………………… (try) to do my English homework on my laptop, the battery
…………………………. (run out). I ……………………. (lie) on my bed while I …………………………….. (listen)music on Spotify. It helps
me to concentrate. I was also chatting to my friend Daniel on Facebook. I was just finishing the essay when the screen
…………………… (go) black and I …………………… (lose) everything. I screamed in frustration.

My dad ……………….. (come) running into my bedroom. I ………………………….. (cry) when he ……………………… (give) me his
laptop. I ………………………. (do) my essay while my dad …………………….. (talk) to me. I felt much better, thanks to him.

Finally, I …………………… (send) my essay on time while I ………………………… (call) my mom, I told her what happened and it
was crazy. I think I did a great job!