Simple Past
Last year, fake photos of celebrities ______ (to begin) to circulate online, but they are no longer on the internet now.
a) begin b) was beginning c) began
It was _____ (to snow) a lot this evening.
a) snow b) snowing c) snowwing
b) snowing
Simple past:
The news article _____ (to report, negative)
a) not reported b) did not report c) did not reported
b) did not report
Did you _____ (to yawn) while I was _____ (to talk) to you?
a) yawn, talking b) yawned, talking c) yawn, talk
what WERE you doing on Monday at 8 am?
Yesterday, the baseball player _____ (to bat) the ball.
a) batted b) bated c) bat d) bats
a) batted
My family and I _____ (to watch) the news together when my friend called me.
a) watch b) watching c) was watching d) were watching
d) were watching
Past continuous:
You and I _____ (to research) an important Canadian event for our project over the past weekend.
a) research b) researching c) was researching d) were researching
d) were researching
The team _____ playing soccer when it _____ (to start) to rain.
a) were/started b) was/started c) was/starts
b) was/started
why ____ she _____ (eat) my chocolate????
why WAS she EATING my chocolate????
During the covid pandemic, much of the information online and on social media ______ false.
a) is b) was c) were d) are
b) was
_____ they _____ (to dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?
a) Were they dancing b) Were they dance c) Was they dancing d) Was they dance
a) Were they dancing
The students _____ the book the teacher assigned
a) didn't study b) didn't studied c) studied d) was studying
c) didn't study
Before Dmitri _____ (to become) famous, he _____ (to deliver) pizza for a living.
became, was delivering
became, delivered
How were they cleaning files ?
_____ you _____ (to see) that new study about the average time teenagers spend on video games?
a) Do you saw b) Did you saw c) Did you seed d) Did you see
d) Did you see
He _____ (to drag) his feet everytime he had to do an exam.
a) didn't be dragging b) draging c) wasn't dragging d) were draging
e) wasn't dragging
I _____ (to read) an article but stopped when my dog started barking.
was reading
You _____ (to know, negative) what you _____ (to do) in such a weird situation.
didn't know, were doing
yes/no with the verb CALL
Were we/they/you calling...?
was he/she calling...?
Rephrase this as a question:
The game started at 6 pm.
Did the game start at 6 pm?
OR
When/What time did the game start?
The picture of Lady Liberty looked fake because she _____ (to look, negative) in the right direction.
was not looking
Fill in and spell correctly (past continuos):
It _____ (to rain) for a long time before the sky cleared up.
a) was raining
Fill in and spell:
I _____ (to write) my report when the phone _____ (to ring).
was writing, rang
Ask a wh question in past continuous
wh word + was/were + subject + ing...?