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    Name__________________________

    Past Simple vs. Past Continuous (test)


    4) Complete the sentences with
    the correct verb forms: past
    simple or past continuous.
    Total: _________ /
    100 1. When Jim _________ (arrive) home,
    Delia ___________________ (wait) for him.
    Complete the sentences. Use the past
    2 The students _________________ (chat)
    simple form of the verbs in brackets. when the teacher ___________________
    (come) in.
    3 While Nick __________________ (drive)
    home, he_____________ (see) an accident.
    1. Eric __________ (post) the letter yesterday. 4 Mary _______________ (read) a magazine
    2. My friends ___________ (go) to see a tennis when her phone __________________
    tournament two days ago. (ring).
    3. They ______________ (not have) dinner at 5 The lights _________________ (go) off
    home last Sunday. while Sarah ________________ (watch) a
    4. Why ________he __________ (miss) school film.
    last week? 6 It _______________ (rain) when John and
    5. ________you ________ (do) the washing-up Mary _________________ (go) out.
    last night? 7 My little sister ____________ (eat) three
    biscuits while our mother
    6. Who _________ he _________ (come) to the
    __________________ (not/ look).
    party with?
    8 The sun _________________ (shine) one
    1 morning, so they _______________ (decide)
    2 to go to the park.
    p
    2) Complete the sentences. Use the 34p
    past continuous form of the verbs
    below.
    3)Fill in the gaps in the text with the
    Total: Total: 60
    verbs in past simple or past
    1. Ann (stand)__________________ next to the continuous.
    dog when it bit her.
    We were all at the beach last Sunday at half
    2. Ted (not/work) _________________ because it past three. Our friend Mark was in the water. He
    was a holiday. ____ _________ (swim) in the 800-metre race, and
    3. Could you repeat that, please? Sorry, I he was in first place. Lots of his schoolmates
    (not/listen)________________________________ _____________________ (watch) the race and
    . they ________________________ (shout) his
    4. We (swim)_____________________ near the name: ‘Mark! Mark!’
    beach when Jane saw a shark. Suddenly, he _____________________
    (realise) they ____________________ (say)
    5. Which programme _________ she
    something different. It _______________ (sound)
    _______________(watch) on TV?
    14 like ‘Shark! Shark!’
    p He _____________________ (look) over
    his shoulder and _________________ (see) an
    enormous shark. Then Mark really
    _______________ (swim) fast! He thinks he
    __________________ (break) the world record!
    30
    p
    KEY

    Exercise 1)
    +ed : looked, played, worked +d : danced, lived, loved, liked
    y ied : carried, tried, studied, cried double consonant: robbed, nodded, stopped,
    irregular verbs: buy-bought, lie - lay, wake – woke, fly - flew, cut - cut

    Exercise 2)
    1–d 2 – id 3 – t 4 – id 5–t 6–t 7 – id 8–d

    Exercise 3)
    1 posted 2 went 3 didn’t have 4 did he miss 5 Did you do 6 did he come

    Exercise 4)
    1 was standing 2 wasn’t working 3 wasn’t listening 4 were swimming 5 was she watching

    Exercise 5)
    We were all at the beach last Sunday at half past three. Our friend Mark was in the water. He 1 was
    swimming in the 400-metre race, and he was in first place.
    Lots of his schoolmates 2 were watching the race and they 3 were shouting his name:
    ‘Mark! Mark!’Suddenly, he 4 realised they 5 were saying something different. It 6
    sounded like ‘Shark! Shark!’ He 7 looked over his shoulder and 8 saw an enormous shark.
    Then Mark really 9 swam fast!
    He thinks he 10 broke the world record!

    Exercise 6)

    1 arrived, was waiting


    2 were chatting, came in
    3 was driving, saw
    4 was reading, rang
    5 went off, was watching
    6 was raining, went out
    7 ate, wasn’t looking
    8 was shining, decided

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