Formación del "simple past" con verbos regulares.

Formación del "past continuous"

El "past continuous" de cualquier verbo está compuesto de dos partes: el pasado del verbo "to
be" (was/were) y la raíz del verbo principal +ing.

SIMPLE PAST 1.
Children ____________________ (dress) quickly.

2. I ____________________ (help) my mother in the kitchen.

3. We ____________________ (walk) in the park.

4. They ____________________ (wash) their clothes in the bathroom.

5. We ____________________ (watch) an interesting film.

6. Students ____________________ (work) in the garden.

7. Guna ____________________ (play) basketball.

8. The girl ____________________ (skip) very fast.

9. Henry ____________________ (ski) down the hill.

10. It ____________________ (rain) a lot.

PAST SIMPLE 2.

sit sat have had

speak spoke see saw
run ran pay paid
make made go went
swim swam fly flew
sleep slept say said
stand stood read read

1. I ____________________ (see) my friends yesterday.

2. He ____________________ (have) a short break in the morning.

3. They ____________________ (speak) about holidays.

4. We ____________________ (make) a nice present.

5. They ____________________ (sleep) well.

6. She ____________________ (go) home.

7. I ____________________ (swim) in the river.

8. You ____________________ (run) very fast.

9. They ____________________ (pay) for the hotel.

10. She ____________________ (say) very much.

PAST SIMPLE 3.

1. I ____________________ (stand) at the door.

2. The birds ____________________ (fly) away.

3. They ____________________ (read) an interesting book.

4. You ____________________ (sit) at the fireplace.

5. I ____________________ (have) a good time yesterday.

6. She ____________________ (swim) in the sea.

7. They ____________________ (speak) English last lesson.

8. You ____________________ (pay) for the book.

9. We ____________________ (make) our beds.

10. They ____________________ (go) to work.

PAST SIMPLE 4.

Sit ____________________

Have ____________________

Speak ____________________

See ____________________

Run ____________________

Pay ____________________

Make ____________________

Go ____________________

Swim ____________________

Fly ____________________

Sleep ____________________

Say ____________________
Stand ____________________

Read ____________________

PAST SIMPLE 5. (Negative)

I sat at the fireplace. ____________________________________________________________

You had a break for lunch. ____________________________________________________________

We spoke very quietly. ____________________________________________________________

She saw her friend. ____________________________________________________________

They ran home. ____________________________________________________________

He paid for the lunch. ____________________________________________________________

It made a nest. ____________________________________________________________

Children went home. ____________________________________________________________

Ducks swam in the lake. ____________________________________________________________

Birds flew abroad. ____________________________________________________________

Dogs slept on the ground. ____________________________________________________________

My mother said to go to school.

___________________________________________________________

They stood at the door. ____________________________________________________________

Children read a nice book. ____________________________________________________________

PAST CONTINUOUS 1.

Last night was hard. There was a blackout as well as a robbery. People in Smithville were upset. But
what were they doing when the lights went out? A man ____________________ (wash) the dishes while
his wife ____________________ (give) her baby a bath. A blonde woman ___________________
(wash) her clothes. Another woman ____________________ (watch) TV with her husband and their
children ____________________ (do) their homework. A young man didn't realize the lights went out
because he ____________________ (listen) to music on his mp3 player. But why did the lights go out?
The director of the power company claims that there was a blackout because it ____________________
(rain) heavily but it is said that they ____________________ (have) a party and they
____________________ (not watch) the controls. One of the reporters, Bob, ____________________
(wash) the dishes and Doris, his wife, ____________________ (have) a bath. Jackie, Bob's colleague,
____________________ (work) in the building.

Now let's talk about the robbery. Burglars broke into all the apartments in the building when all the tenants
were out. But what ____________________ (they/do)? One of the tenants ____________________
(wash) his clothes and a woman ____________________ (visit) a friend. Another woman
____________________ (have) a picnic at the beach and a man ____________________ (play) tennis
in the park. Two men ____________________ (attend) a football game and a blonde woman
____________________ (visit) her grandchildren. What a night!

PAST CONTINUOUS 2.

She ____________________ (watch) TV when she called.

When the phone rang, she ____________________ (write) a letter.

While we ____________________ (have) the picnic, it started to rain.

What ____________________ (do) when the earthquake started?

I ____________________ (listen) to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS?

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past simple or continuous:

1. “I ____________________ (phone) you on Friday morning, but you ____________________ (not/be)

in.” “Yes, I ____________________ (spend) the whole morning at the library because I
____________________ (have to) finish my history project.”

2. The article ____________________ (seem) quite interesting to me, but I ____________________

(can/ not/ finish) reading it, I ____________________(feel) so tired last night!

3. Last summer Mary ____________________ (travel) to London with her parents. She
____________________(fly) to Heathrow Airport. They ____________________ (stay) at a nice hotel
and ____________________ (go) sightseeing every day.

4. I ____________________(not/ do) anything important when Peter ____________________(turn up)

yesterday. I ____________________ (just/ listen) to music.

5. While we ____________________(wait) for the bus, it ____________________ (start) to rain. We

(get) completely wet, so I ____________________ (get) a terrible cold.

6. Tony ____________________(drop) a glass, but luckily it ____________________(not/ break).

7. The children ____________________ (play) computer games while their father

____________________ (watch) TV

8. We ____________________ (not/ take) the bus yesterday because mum ____________________

(drive) us to school.
9. While I ____________________ (walk) down Cambridge Road, I ____________________ (see) Alice,
but she ____________________ (not/ see) me.

10. When Terry’s parents ____________________ (get) divorced, he ____________________ (leave)

school and ____________________ (look) for a job.

11. What ____________________ (you/ say) Sean? Sorry, but I ____________________ (not/ listen) to
you.

12. The police ____________________ (catch) the criminals that ____________________ (rob) the bank
in Oxford Street.

13. “What ____________________ (you/ buy) Paul for his birthday?” “First I ____________________
(send) him a nice postcard, then I ____________________ (give) him a book token.”

14. Last Friday we ____________________ (meet) our friends and ____________________ (eat) a
fantastic dinner at Mario’s. We really ____________________ (have) a great time!