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CE5
Unit 10
Teacher Marcos D. Lopez
Grammar

PAST CONTINUOUS
I SAW MY FRIEND WHILE I WAS DRIVING
CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN THE SAND, MY DAD WAS
COOKING. THEN, ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT STARTED TO RAIN
I WAS WALKING BACK TO MY OFFICE WHEN I SAW MARY
AND STOPPED FOR A CHAT.

(I STOPPED WALKING IN ORDER TO CHAT WITH MARY)

I HAD LUNCH, TOOK A SHOWER AND THEN WENT TO WORK

WHEN I SAW THE RED LIGHT, I STOPPED.

Exercises
Past Simple or Past Continuous
1. The children ………… (play) in the park when it ……….. (start)
to rain.
2. I …………….. (watch) a movie when I ……………. (notice) him
standing outside.
3. She ……………… (arrive) when I …………… (take) a shower, so
I couldn't answer the door!
4. I ………………. (see) a famous celebrity when I ………………
(shop) at the mall yesterday.
5. She ……………….. (drink) too much so she …………….. (fall). I
hope she learnt her lesson!
6. Charlie ………………..(hide) in the closet when Lola ……….
(find) him. She screamed!
Past Simple or Past Continuous
1. The children were playing in the park when it started to
rain.
2. I was watching a movie when I noticed him standing
outside.
3. She arrived when I was taking a shower, so I couldn't
answer the door!
4. I saw a famous celebrity when I was shopping at the mall
yesterday.
5. She was drinking too much so she fell. I hope she learnt her
lesson!
6. Charlie was hiding in the closet when Lola found him. She
screamed!
Choose the correct answer

1. I dropped my cell phone when I was walking/walked home.

2.The train stopped/was stopping and they got on.
3. It didn´t rain/wasn´t raining when we left the house this
morning.
4.I went shopping yesterday, but I wasn´t buying/didn´t buy
anything.
5.What was he doing/did he do when you saw him?
Choose the correct answer

1. I dropped my cell phone when I was walking/walked home.

2.The train stopped/was stopping and they got on.
3. It didn´t rain/wasn´t raining when we left the house this
morning.
4.I went shopping yesterday, but I wasn´t buying/didn´t buy
anything.
5.What was he doing/did he do when you saw him?
Grammar

USED TO
I USED TO WALK TO SCHOOL. (I don’t do it anymore)

I USED TO BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS. (I don’t believe now)

He used to have a cat. (He doesn´t have it anymore)

I didn´t use to like tea. (now I do like it)

He used to have a cat OR I had a cat.
Exercises
USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE

1. I ……………..(see) Marcus at the library working hard.

He told me to say hello to you.
2. She ………(be) a lot happier, but then she lost her job.
3. There …………..(be) three restaurants in this town,
but two closed down leaving only one.
4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they
……………(fight) the Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.
USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE

1. I saw Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to

say hello to you.
2. She used to be a lot happier, but then she lost her job.
3. There used to be three restaurants in this town, but
two closed down leaving only one.
4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they
fought the Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.
USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE

5. Did you ………..(take) a lot of photos when you were in

Moscow last year?

6. How many hours a day did you ……………..(go) to
school when you were ten?
7. Children never ………………(talk) so aggressively to
their parents. It's terrible!
8. Soldiers ……………(build) this bridge near the end of

the Second World War.

USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE

5. Did you take a lot of photos when you were in

Moscow last year?
6. How many hours a day did you use to go to
school when you were ten?
7. Children never used to talk so aggressively to
their parents. It's terrible!
8. Soldiers built this bridge near the end of
the Second World War.