Form
Past continuous
Difference
Make a sentence
Mixed practice
100

Change to past simple:

They (go) to school.

went

100

I ___ (read) when the phone rang.

was reading

100

I ___ (see) a movie yesterday. (past simple)

saw

100

Use 'buy' in past simple: ______.

bought

100

Change to past simple:

She (have) a dog.

had

200

Change to past simple:

I (eat) an apple.

ate

200

He ___ (sleep) at 10 pm.

was sleeping

200

I ___ (watch) TV when you called. (past continuous)

was watching

200

Use 'meet' in past simple: ______.

met

200

Change to past continuous:

We (play) when it started raining.

were playing

300

I ___ (watch) TV when he called.

was watching

300

While I ___ (walk) home, it started raining.

was walking

300

They ___ (eat) dinner when the doorbell rang.

were eating

300

Use 'sing' in past continuous: ______.

was singing

300

Change to past simple:

He (go) to the store.

went

400

She ___ (run) fast yesterday.

ran

400

We ___ (play) football when it got dark.

were playing

400

He ___ (fall) while he was running.

fell

400

Use 'write' in past simple: ______.

wrote

400

Change to past continuous:

I (sleep) at 9 pm.

was sleeping

500

They ___ (study) when it started raining.

were studying

500

She ___ (cook) when I arrived.

was cooking

500

While I ___ (drive), it started raining.

was driving

500

Use 'take' in past continuous: ______.

was taking

500

Change to past simple:

They (see) the film.

saw

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