INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE SAN ANDRES TUXTLA

Level III

Full Name: JAQUELINNE COTO PIO

Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she …was skating……………………. (skate).

2. I met my neighbor while I ……was walking……………………. (walk)
home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she …was riding………….. (ride) her bicycle
along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he ……was studying……………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ……were dancing………..
(dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I …was shaving……………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …was baking……...
(bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …was spleeping………….. (sleep) at
a friend’s house.

B) How did it happen?

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer.
………………………….
2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
………..He burnt himself while he was ironing his clothes …………..
…
3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
…………She cut herself while she was slicing onions ……….
…………
4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
……She met her husband while she was fixing a flat tire
……………………………………………………
5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
……………He broke his arm while he was skating
…………………………
6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
…………………I lost it while I was riding my bicycle
…………………………
7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
………He met his wite while he was swimming at the beach
…………………
8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
 …He got a black eye while he was fighting with his brother
………………………………………………………………………………
9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
…They burnt themselves while they were making breakfast ….
……………
10. How did Martha fall? (dance)
…………She fell while she was dacing ……………………………………

C) What’s the matter?

What was he / she doing? What happened? What’s the result?

Tina ice-skate fall on the ice break foot
Jack play football kick the goalpost break leg
Bob cycle fall off the bike injure hand
Ann skate fall over break arm
Alice dance trip over the carpet sprain ankle

Make dialogues as in the example:

Example: You : Hi, Tina! What’s the matter with your foot?
Tina : I broke it.
You : How did it happen?
Tina : I fell on the ice while I was ice-skating.

1. You : Hi Jack! What´s the matter with your leg?

Jack : I broke it.
You : How did it happen ?
Jack : I kicked the goal post while I was playing football

2. You : Hi Bob! What´s the matter with your hand?

Bob : I injured it.
You : How did it happen?
Bob : I fell of the bike while I was ciclying.

3. You : Hi Ann! What´s the matter with your hand?

Ann : I broke it.
You : How did it happen?
Ann : I fell over while I was skating.

4. You : Hi Alice! What´s the matter with your hand?

Alice : I sprained it.
You : How did it happen?
Alice : I tripped over the carpet while I was dancing.
D) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST
CONTINUOUS:

1. He …was talking ………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They ……studied…………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane ………was sleeping……………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I ……was walking………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We ………watched………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ……was paying……………… (pay) his cheque when he
dropped his credit card.
7. The barber ……cut…………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ………was dancing……………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It ………was raining………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………rained…………………. (rain) hard last night.