Practice
Name: ________________________
1 Complete with the correct Past Simple
verb.
Ex: She went (go) to the park last week.
1 I ________ (help) my dad last weekend.
2 She ________ (not / call) Tom last night.
3 Mum ________ (take) some great photos of
our holidays.
4 Where ________ you _______ (go)
yesterday?
5 Ted ________ (leave) 10 minutes ago.
2 Choose the correct option.
Ex: Dan travelled / was travelling to Europe
yesterday when he saw the news on TV.
1 Carlos saw / was seeing the car crash while
he was driving home.
2 I was taking / took photos when I fell off the
stairs.
3 Mum was working / worked when I called
her on the phone.
4 Was Sam playing / Did Sam play video
games yesterday at 5 a. m.?
5 While I was studying /studied Maths, my
dad was cooking pasta.
3 Complete with WHILE or WHEN:
Ex: John was doing his homework when the
phone rang.
1 Kiera was walking home from school
___________ she saw her mum.
2 We took a lot of photos _________ we were
travelling in Japan.
3 _________ the teacher came in, we were
making a lot of noise. She was angry!
4 Was Leila watching a film _________ you
called her last night?
5 It started to rain _________ we were putting
up the tent.
6 _________ Ben was washing the dishes, his
sister was listening to music.
4 Make sentences using the Past Simple
and Past Continuous.
Ex: Tom saw (see) his friend while he was
walking (walk) home.
1 When the phone __________ (ring), Sunny
____________ (do) her homework.
2 Lara ___________ (not / pay) attention when
the teacher ___________ (call) her name.
3 What ___________ (she / do) when the
snow ___________ (start) to fall?
4 Kathy ___________ (hear) a noise while she
___________ (sleep) last night
5 Dan ____________ (fish) when he
___________ (see) a big brown bear.
5 Complete the sentences with words from
the box.
degrees - clouds - snowing - boiling - fog - cold
- hot
Ex: It’s always cold in winter in my country.
1 I must take off my coat, I feel really
_________!
2 We measure temperature in ____________.
3 This summer is going to be ____________.
It’s already 39° today!
4 We thought it would rain because there were
grey _________ in the sky.
5 The __________ was so thick! We couldn’t
see anything while we were driving home.
6 Everything is white because it has been
____________ all night long.
6 Choose the correct option to complete
the sentences.
Ex: It’s cold / hot today. It’s only 2°C outside!
1 I’m trying to make a fire but it’s really /
totally difficult.
2 Oh, man! It’s absolutely / very freezing
outside!
3 The sun is shining and the weather is quite /
totally good.
4 Look outside! There’s a lot of wind / snow,
so everywhere is white!
5 It’s 40° degrees / minus today. It’s boiling!
6 I think it’s going to snow tonight, the
temperature is degrees / minus 2° now.
7 I almost fell today, the street was so rainy /
icy!
8 I’m trying to make a fire, but it’s really /
totally difficult.