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GRAMMAR Past Simple and Past Continuous

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1 Choose the correct answer.

1 We had to be quiet because Annie and Rose .......... .
a studied b were studying
2 I .......... my suitcase at the train station.
a lost b was losing
3 .......... in time for the party?
a Did Ronald return b Was Ronald returning
4 No cars .......... , so we crossed the street.
a came b were coming
5 Yvonne fell while she .......... a ladder.
a climbed b was climbing
6 Ethan .......... well last night.
a didn’t sleep b wasn’t sleeping
7 What .......... when he left the house?
a did John wear b was John wearing
8 .......... Carol on the way to school?
a Did you see b Were you seeing
9 Karen .......... TV when I got home.
a didn’t watch b wasn’t watching
10 My sister .......... to France yesterday.
a flew b was flying

2 Write a suitable question for each answer below. Pay attention to the words in bold.
1 Those men were selling old furniture.
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2 No, I wasn’t writing you a note when you came in.

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3 Vicky was laughing because she was reading a funny story .

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4 We won the basketball game last night.

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5 They went to the music festival at the weekend.

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6 I met Jack last year.

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3 Write sentences with the words below. Use the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1 while / he / Nick / find / €50 / to school / walk / .
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2 at 9.00 / do / what / you / ?

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3 not listen / Cindy / the teacher / speak / while / .

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4 pay / how much / for her phone / Lynn / ?

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5 I / my leg / dance / break / I / when / .

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6 anyone new / we / at the party / not meet / .

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4 Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

We 1 ................................................................... (decide) to go shopping in town yesterday morning, but when we

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................................................................... (arrive), there was nowhere to park. While we ................................................................... (look)
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for a place, we ................................................................... (see) a woman walking. We ................................................................... (realise)
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that she ................................................................... (walk) towards her car. We ................................................................... (follow) her to
her car and then waited to take her parking place. We sat there for a long time while she
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................................................................... (get) ready to leave. However, as she ................................................................... (come) out
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of her parking place, her car ................................................................... (hit) ours. Because of that, we
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................................................................... (not park) and we ................................................................... (not go) shopping.

5 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. Do not change the meaning of the original sentence.
1 We didn’t have a picnic because of the rain. (was)
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2 Francine began to feel ill during lunch. (having)

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3 There wasn’t a month last winter when we didn’t go skiing. (every month)
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4 We watched the film from 8.00 to 10.00. (at 9.15)

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5 Martin forgot his girlfriend’s birthday. (remember)

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6 In the middle of the match, Jane called me. (watching)

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