Past Simple & Past Continuous

Past Simple

100

Say the correct question in the past tense:

What / you / do / after school yesterday / ?

What did you do after school yesterday?

200

                                               

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   Yesterday I __________________ (go) to the post office, __________________ (buy) some fruit at the supermarket and _____________ (read) a book in the park in the afternoon.                  

                           

                                   

    

went, bought, read

300

You ______ (be/not) at home yesterday, where _______ (be) you?

weren't, were

400

I ________ (send) my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she _______ (know/not) how to open the attachment!

sent, did not know

500

I ______ (leave) school early, ______ (go) to the supermarket, ________ (buy) some eggs and potatoes, ________ (go) home, and _______ (make) a Tortilla.

left, went, bought, went, made

Interruption

100

David __________________ (not / sleep) when I __________________ (arrive), he __________________ (study)!

was not sleeping, arrived, was studying

200

Why __________________ (you / cry) when I __________________ (arrive)?

were you crying, arrived

300

I __________________ (enjoy) my book so much that I __________________ (not / notice) the train had stopped.

was enjoying, didn't notice

400

I feel really silly! While I ________ (dance), I ______ (fall) and _________ (break) my elbow.                                   

    

was dancing, fell, broke

500

When the teacher _________ (say) ‘Stop!’, I ______ (try/still) to finish the last question.

said, was still trying

Past Simple & Past Continuous

100

My ex-boyfriend __________________ (be) so annoying! He __________________ (always / miss) the bus and __________________ (arrive) late.

was, was missing, arriving

200

It __________________ (be) a day in December. Snow __________________ (fall), children __________________ (sing) carols and people __________________ (do) their Christmas shopping.

was, was falling, were singing, were doing

300

She ________ (feel) really bad yesterday until her boyfriend _______ (call) her and ________ (apologize) for making her cry.

was feeling, called, apologized

400

My mum _______(have) breakfast near the computer when she _______ (spill) her cup of coffee on the keyboard.

was having, spilled

500

_________ (know/you) where _______ (go/you)? It ______ (look) like you ______ (be) pretty lost.

Did you know where you were going? It looked like you were pretty lost.