UNIT 2: Grammar Check

GROUP A

Name: ________________________

Class: ________________________

2.4 Past Simple and Past Continuous

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the
box in the correct tense.

do break take start walk

make watch not/pay hear

0 John was doing his homework when the phone

rang.
1 Kiera _________________home from school
when she saw her mum.
2 Harry _________________ a lot of photos while
he was travelling in France.
3 Some students _________________a lot of noise
when our teacher came in. She was cross!
4 __________ you __________ a film when I called
you last night?
5 The snow _________________to fall while we
were putting up the tent.
6 While Ben was washing the dishes, he
_________________ two glasses.
7 Tom _________________ attention when he fell
off his bike.
8 _________ anybody _________ a noise while we
were sleeping last night?
/8 2 Complete the email using the Past Simple or
Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi Anna,

Thanks very much for your email.

I 0 was finishing. (finish) my homework on the
computer when it 1________________ (arrive). And
2
________________ (you / have) dinner when
3
I ________________ (call) you later in the
evening? Sorry!

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GROUP A

My family and I 4 ________________ (travel) to

London last weekend to see my grandma when we
5
________________ (decide) to go shopping too.
And you’ll never guess – we
6
________________ (walk) along Oxford Street in
London when I 7 _________________ (see) a boy
called Harry, from my class! Amazing!

See you soon,

Sara

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