Past Simple vs Continuous
Correcting mistakes
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs
used to
10

We ................. football when the fire ...................... . (play/start)

were playing/started

10

They was having dinner at 5 yesterday

were

10

The police think that the fire at the airport was the case of the_____

arson

10

The problem was hard, but after thinking carefully, they _____ the answer

worked out

10

She / watch this film?

did she used to watch this film?

20

 Jimmy ..................... off the ladder while he ..................... the room. (fall/paint)

fell/was painting

20

Last night we used to watch a film

watched

20

THere was ____at the house, but they didn't take much 

a buglary

20

You may never learn/discover the truth about what happened.

You may never ................... the truth about what happened.

find out

20

He not play with toys

didn't used to play

30

The factory ..................... 60,000 cars in 2007. (make)

made

30

When I was walking, I was seeing someting unusual

saw

30

Don`t .............. other people`s property.

damage

30

But on the third day the woman unexpectedly appeared with a policeman.

But on the third day the woman ................. with a policeman.

TURNED UP

30

We walk in the park

used to walk

40

While my father ....................... a paper my mother ...................... a meal. (read/prepare)

was reading/was preparing

40

I didn't used to read books a lot

use to

40

Name 6 types of criminals

..

40

The police are investigating the theft of a computer from the school.

The police ................ the theft of a computer from the school.

are looking into

40

your sister /swim in the swimming pool?

did your sister use to swim??

50

When I  ..................(be) 10, I  ...................(eat) a sandwich every evening

was/ate

50

When I arrived home, nobody used to be there

nobody was

50

Detective Parker ____the evidence. when he found it, he ________ it

searched for / analysed

50

A woman who was walking through the forest met two men and they helped her to searched for wood.

A woman who was walking through the forest ______ two men and they helped her to s____ wood. 

came across / looked for

50

He didn't use to made projects when he was small (correct the sentence)

make

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