Simple Past
Past Progressive
(continuous)
Simple Past and Past Progressive
100
I _________ to the store yesterday. (go)
WENT
100
I was ______ing yesterday when my phone rang.
SHOPP double P because it ends in consonant vowel consonant in a one syllable word with -ing
100
Last night, I ____ popcorn and ______ a movie. (eat/watch)
ATE WATCHED
200
My friends and I ______________ soccer in the park last Sunday. (play)
PLAYED
200
My friends were ______ing in the park when it started to rain.
PLAY
200
I ____ _______ at the university when terrorists _______ the World Trade Center. (study/attack)
WAS STUDYING ATTACKED
300
Many children _________ for eggs in their yards on Sunday. (search)
SEARCHED
300
I _____ _______ when it began to snow. (drive)
was driving. words that end with e: drop the e and add -ing
300
While she _____ _______ a book, he _____ _________ the internet. (read/surf)
WAS READING WAS SURFING
400
I _______ lunch at 2pm.
ATE
400
Robert and Qian _____ _________ when I called (argue)
were arguing
400
When I _____ the tree in my car, I ___ _______ my friends. (hit, text)
HIT WAS TEXTING
500
My family ________ to Colorado and _________ on the mountain.
possible answers include: went/travelled/drove/flew skied/hiked/camped/climbed
500
My family and I _____ ___________ on the mountain while my best friend ____ ________ at home. (hike/study)
WERE HIKING WAS STUDYING WHILE suggests that the actions were happening at the same time.
500
Yesterday, I ________________ my bike when a bird _________ in front of my wheel. I _________ on the breaks, but I _________ off my bike anyway. While I ______________, a man _________ at me from his car. He _______ I should wear a helmet. Later, I _____ at the store. I ____________ a helmet when the same man _________ through the door. ride/fly/slam/fall/fall/yell/say/be/buy/walk
WAS RIDING FLEW SLAMMED FELL WAS FALLING YELLED SAID WAS WAS BUYING WALKED
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