Past Simple or Past Progressive
Choose the Past Progressive verb
Past form of irregular verbs
Regular or irregular
100

My mom changed her hair color

Past simple

100

My mom ______ a soup

Was cooking/were cooking/weren’t cooking

Was cooking

100

Put

Put

100

Go - went

Irregular 

200

My dog caught the ball

Past Simple

200

My friends and I ________ video games

Was playing/were playing/wasn’t playing

Were playing

200

Come

Came

200

Give - gave

Irregular 

300

We were swimming in the sea

Past Progressive 

300

I ______ with my dog

Were walking/weren’t walking/was walking

Was walking

300

Sell

Sold

300

Clean - cleaned

Regular

400

I was studying for the test

Past progressive

400

The team _______ for the competition 

Were preparing/was preparing/weren’t preparing 

Was preparing 

400

Catch

Caught

400

Shout - shouted

Regular