MONDAY

Complete using past simple or past continuous

1. While they………………………………..(sing) the others ………………………………..(play) the guitars.

2. When I …………………………..(arrive) my friends…………………………………..(cook) dinner.
3. She ……………………………….(walk) in the park when she………………………………(find) a wallet.
4. First they ………………………………….(arrive) in Paris and then they ………………………………..(check) in the hotel.
5. While we……………………………(study) our parents…………………………………..(watch) a film.
6. Anne………………………………………….(read) a book when her friend……………………………(come)
7. She ………………………………………(save) money and then she…………………………….(buy) a car.
8. They …………………………………………..(listen) to music while their workmates………………………………..(work)

Decir si estas acciones son consecutivas, simultaneas o si una interrumpe a la otra.

1. They were walking when they saw a bear.

2. While he was reading, his sister was writing.
3. She went downstairs and then she left the office.
4. I was sleeping when I heard a noise.
5. I heard a noise and I turned on the lights.
6. The cat was walking in the garden when he saw a bird.
7. The cat saw the bird and then he started to run after it.

TUESDAY

Complete these sentences using past simple or past continuous.

1. She heard a strange noise and………

2. They went to the football match by bus, while they were travelling…..
3. She saw her friend while she…..
4. Last night I went to a restaurant and….
5. Although it was raining, we….

Write 3 sentences using past continuous.

WEDNESDAY

Complete the story with the correct tenses.

Last year, two friends ………………………..(go) to the forest. While they ………………………………(walk) , they
………………………………(see) a bear. The bear ………………………………….( run) towards them while it
…………………………………..(make) a lot of noise. So the friends ………………………..(decide) to run. One of them
…………………………….(run) and …………………………….(climb) onto a tree. The other was very slow, so he
………………………………..(lie) on the ground and ……………………………(play) possum (play possum es un giro idiomático y
quiere decir hacerse el muerto, ya que la zarigüella (=possum) hace eso cuando ve peligro)

Immediately, the bear ……………………………………..(approach) (se aproximó) the friend who was on the floor and it
…………………………..(start) to smell him. While the bear …………………………………….(smell) him he
…………………………………….(breath) (=respirar) very slowly. After 2 minutes, the bear ………………………………(leave) the
place and then, the man on the tree …………………………..(climb) down the tree and he ……………………………….(ask) his
friend about the bear. And his friend …………………………….(tell) him that it was not a good idea to trust people who
leave you alone when you are in danger.
THURSDAY

Past simple or past continuous?

FRIDAY

1. She was buying/bought a dress and then she paid/was paying with her credit card.

2. I was watching/watch a film when the cat was jumping/jumped on me.