Vocabulary: Adjectives
Past Simple/Past continuous Examples
Vocabulary: Environments
Past Simple/Past Continuous
100

After it rains, dirt will stick to your shoes and you'll get ___

muddy

100

We were crossing a rocky stream when my little sister ____ me. (to push)

We were crossing a rocky stream when my little sister pushed me. 

100
Hot lava comes out of them, and they often look like a mountain!

What is a volcano?

100

Indicate the past simple in this sentence: 

What were you doing when you saw the coral snake? 

You saw the coral snake. 

200

Cows like to eat in ___ fields. 

Grassy

200

Where _____ when you heard the lion roar? (to hike)

Where were you hiking when you heard the lion roar?

200

A place where we walk. 

What is a path?

200

Indicate the past continuous in this sentence: I was eating a banana when the monkey pointed at me. 

I was eating a banana.

300
I don't mind the heat, but I don't like deserts and beaches. They're too ___ for me. 

sandy

300

I was walking through the grasslands when I ____ and ___ my knee. (to fall, to hurt)

I was walking through the grasslands when I fell and hurt my knee. 

300

The colorful, rocky part of the ocean floor with many types of fish. 

What is a coral reef?

300

True or false: you can use the past simple and past continuous for asking questions, but not for making statements. 

False. For example: I was cooking marshmallows on the fire when it started to rain.

400

When something is even and easy to walk across.

What is flat?

400

He ____ of the valley when an eagle ____ nearby (to take pictures, to land)

He was taking pictures of the valley when an eagle landed nearby.

400

These are hills in the desert or at the beach that are difficult to climb. 

What is a sand dune?

400

The connector word between past simple and past continuous. 

What is "when?"

500

When something is high up and difficult to climb or walk.

What is steep?

500

A:____ in the same tent when you ___ the bear climbing on your car? (to sleep, to hear)

B: No, we _____ in the same tent (to sleep)

A: Were you sleeping the the same tent when you heard the bear climbing on your car? 


B: No, we weren't sleeping in the same tent. 

500

An area where the land meets the water.

What is the coast?

500

The order of "robot writing" with past continuous and past simple is:

Subject + verb + complement + when + subject + verb + complement. 

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