NAME: MIKE

DATE:
TEST PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Underline the correct form:

1. I met a friend while I did/was doing the shopping.

2. I turned/ was turning around and saw/seeing Paula.
3. While we had/were having a drink, a waiter dropped/was dropping
pile of plates.
4. We all got/were getting a terrible shock.
5. While the waiter picked/was picking up the broken plates, he
cut/was cutting his finger.
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Choose the right variant:

1.Tom ……….. home yesterday. (arrive)

a) arrived b) arrivied
2.Alec …… a book when Nick came (read)
a)read )readed
3.He ……. sick and he ……. home . (feel, go).
a)feeled b)felt
c)gone d)went
4.He ……… to come in with te dog. (let)
a)leted b) let
5.They …….. some clothes, …… a wine, and …….. burger. (buy, drink, eat).
a) bought b) buyed
c)drinked d)drunk
e)ate f)eated

Past Simple or Past Continuous?

1. Who ……..you on the phone when I…… your coffee? (speak to,
bring)
a) were you speaking to b ) spoke
b) was bringing b) brought

2.The doctor .......whether I always…… my medicine. (ask,take)

a)was asking b)asked
a)took b) was taking

3.What ….. she when you ….. her at the party? (wear, see)
a)was she wearing b) wore
b)saw b) were seeing

4. Hush! I ….. a sound. Perhaps my brother….. in his sleep. (hear,

talk).
a) heard b) was hearing
a) talked b) was talking

5.We …… swimming nearly every day, while we ….. on Holiday.

(go, be)
a) went b) were going
a)were b) were beeing
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