Test (simple past-past continuous)

1) Read the text and answer.

THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE

It is Australia in 1931. Three aborigine girls, Molly, fourteen, her sister

Daisy, eight, and their cousin Gracie, ten, were taken from their home by
government officials because of their race. They were sent to live in a camp far
from home. Life at the camp was terrible, and they hated it.
One night, while it was raining, the girls decided to escape. They knew that
the rain would hide their footprints in the mud, so they began the long
journey home. In the desert they had no food and nowhere to sleep. They
didn´t have a map either, but while they were walking, they saw the “rabbit-
proof fence”, one of the longest fence in the world. It was there to stop rabbits
from entering farmland. The girls recognised the fence and walked next to it
for 1,200 miles. After nine weeks they got home.
Many years later, molly´s daughter, Doris Pilkington Garimara, wrote a book
about the journey and in 2002 the story was made into a film, Rabbit-Proof
Fence.

a) Who made the journey?

They travelled Molly, her sister Daisy and their cousin Gracie.
b) What type of transport did they use?
They didn’t use a transport, they walked
c) Where were they going?
They went to their homes
d) Did they get there?
Yes, after nine weeks later they got home
e) What problem did they have on the journey?
When they were in the desert, they didn't have to eat or where to sleep
f) What was the “Rabbit-Proof Fence”?
It was a fence to prevent rabbits from entering farmland.

2) Complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple or past
continuous.
a) He ___was playing____   tennis when he   _hurted___  his arm. (play /
hurt)
b) Who           was                     you         talking                      to when I             saw                 
you? (talk / see)
c) Argentina ___was voting___ for presidential elections and the official
candidate ____winned_______. (vote/win)
d) Mandy           called                    me while I         eating                      dinner. (call /
eat)
e) He __losed__his wallet before he __was getting___to the shop. (lose/get)
f) I               had                 a bath when the doctor             was coming                  . (have /
come)
g) While they       were traveling                        , they           made                    lots of new
friends. (travel / make)
h) Jack       was looking for  a new job when he         wined                      the lottery.
(Look for / win)

3) Write the WHILE or WHEN.

a) They were playing cards _____when_____ the police came.
b) _____while___ they were travelling by motorbike, they met many
people.
c) He was working as a doctor ______when____ he decided to change
career.
d) ___while__ they were flying, some equipment stopped working.

4) Write a paragraph about a funny incident. Use these questions as a

guide:
a) Where were you?
b) Who was with you?
c) What were you doing?
d) What happened?
e) Why was it funny?