Spot the Mistake
Fix this sentence: "He stoped the car because he was seeing an accident."
Complete: "We were having dinner _____ the lights went out."
When
"I _____ (sleep) when the alarm clock _____ (ring)."
was sleeping / rang
Give the Past Simple of: Bring, Buy, and Catch.
brought / bought / caught
Which tense matches "at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon"?
Past Continuous (Specifies an exact ongoing moment in the past)
Fix this sentence: "While I was studying, I was wanting to drink a coffee."
"While I was studying, I wanted to drink a coffee." ('Want' is a stative verb and cannot be continuous)
Complete: "The phone rang _____ I was taking a shower."
While (or As)
"My parents _____ (cook) while my brother _____ (set) the table."
were cooking / was setting (Parallel actions)
Give the Past Simple of: Fly, Hide, and Rise.
Flew, Hid, Rose
Fill in the blank: "I finished Bachillerato two years _____."
ago
Fix this question: "What were you doing when did the teacher arrive?"
"What were you doing when the teacher arrived?" (No auxiliary 'did' in affirmative clauses)
Choose the correct one or both: "I was listening to music when / while she was reading."
While (Used for two parallel ongoing actions)
"Yesterday, I woke up, _____ (brush) my teeth, and _____ (run) to the bus stop."
brushed / ran (Sequential actions, not an interruption)
Give the Past Simple of: Fall, Feel, and Find.
Fell, Felt, Found
Put the correct tenses: "Last night I _____ (watch) a movie, but all night my neighbors _____ (make) noise."
watched / were making (Last night = completed action; All night = ongoing duration)
Fix this sentence: "She didn't wrote the essay because she was playing video games."
"She didn't write the essay..." (Bare infinitive after didn't)
Rewrite using While: "I was walking home. Suddenly, it started to rain."
"While I was walking home, it started to rain."
"While the teacher _____ (explain) the grammar, the student _____ (drop) his pen and _____ (break) it."
was explaining / dropped / broke
Give the Past Simple and Past Continuous (he/she/it) form of the verb Lie (as in reclining on a bed)
Past Simple: Lay | Past Continuous: Was lying
Find the time expression and state if the tense is right: "She was playing tennis yesterday morning."
Expression: yesterday morning. The tense is correct if it implies a background action or duration.
Fix this sentence: "As I was knowing the answer, I was raising my hand."
"As I knew the answer, I raised my hand." ('Know' is stative, 'raised' is a quick completed action)
What is the main structural difference in the verbs that follow When vs While?
When is usually followed by the Past Simple (short action), and While is usually followed by the Past Continuous (long/ongoing action).
Explain the difference in meaning:
A) When she arrived, we had dinner.
B) When she arrived, we were having dinner.
In A, she arrived first, and then they ate. In B, they were already in the middle of eating when she walked in.
Give the Past Simple of: Seek, Forbid, and Undergo.
Sought, Forbade, Underwent
Correct this sentence: "During I was living in London, I improved my English."
"While I was living..." or "During my stay in London..." ('During' must be followed by a noun, not a clause)