PAST SIMPLE VS.

PAST CONTINUOUS GAME

Take it in turns to roll the dice and move your pieces. Use the prompts in the square you land on to make sentences. Use THE PAST SIMPLE or THE PAST
CONTINUOUS TENSE. In most cases you will need to add when/while to join the clauses e.g.: I (have) a bath the postman (knock) at the door → While I was
having a bath the postman knocked at the door.

1 2
What (you do) on May 7th
between 9 pm and midnight, sir?
START I (walk) with my dog I (see)
my friend. I’m sorry, but I can’t remember.
It was so long ago…
3 4
She almost (set) the house GO TO
on fire she (try) to cook the
first meal for her husband.
SQUARE
23

5 6 7 8 9
John (meet) his future wife he She (watch) TV her brother GO TO I’m sorry, teacher I (not Anna (watch) her favorite TV
(stay) with his cousin in Rome. (listen) to music. SQUARE listen). Can you repeat the show her mom (call) and
19 instruction, please? (talk) for 50 minutes.

10 11 12 13 14
Grandma (fall) in love with GO TO Mike (try) to revise for his I (hear) a noise so I (go) What (you do) last night I (call)?
grandpa they both (study) at SQUARE history test but mom (send) downstairs to see what (go) on. You (not answer) your cell
Cambridge university. 28 him on some errands. There (be) a stranger in the phone and (you not) call me
kitchen. back…
15 16 17 18 19
What’s happened to your arm, I (not pay) attention to what the My little sister (not can) breathe
How fast (you drive) the Sam? Is it broken? teacher (say) and that (be) a big GO TO and for a moment I (not know)
policeman (stop) you? Yeah, I (break) it last week we mistake. She (catch) me texting SQUARE what to do.
(play) basketball at school. my girlfriend under the table. 17
20 21 22 23 24
They (fly) over the Atlantic GO TO Jack and Jill (relax) on the How was your trip to London? I (fall) off a ladder I (paint) the
suddenly both engines (stop) SQUARE beach in Malaysia they (see) It (rain) all day but we (have) a walls in my room..
working. 23 a plane. great time.

25 26 27 28 29
I’m sorry I (not can) take The fire (start) late in the She (be) late for a meeting so GO TO I (enter) the classroom the
your call last night. I (have) a evening. We (see) the flames in she (drive) so fast suddenly a SQUARE students (complain) about
bath. our neighbor’s window we man (run) into the road in front 25 the homework.
(have) dinner in the kitchen. of her car.

30 31 32 33 24
He (drive) I (call) him so we GO TO It (rain) this morning I (leave) She (have) a fight with her I (not know) what they (talk)
(not talk) for long. SQUARE for work. husband his parents (decide) about so I (decide) to
15 to pay them a surprise visit. keep quiet.

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She (read) a book on Saturday I (call) you five times yesterday My wife (cry) I (get) back home
morning her boss (call) and (tell) She (burn) her hand she GO TO morning. Why (you not answer) last night. I (want) to cheer her
her to come to work. (make) an omelet. SQUARE 30 the phone? up so I (take) her out shopping.
I (clean) the house. I (not hear)
a thing.
40 41 42 43 44
The children (make) a cake I GO TO GO I (listen) to music and (relax)
(get) back home yesterday. SQUARE She (just think) about him he TO FINISH then suddenly I (hear) an
The kitchen was a total 20 (call). explosion.
mess.
45 46 47 48
GO TO
Matt (ask) his girlfriend in a
I (start) to run we (say)
goodbye.
Steve (get) seriously sick
right after he (be) born. fancy restaurant to marry him.
SQUARE
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FINISH