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Past continuous and Past Simple Mix
At, In, On
Transformations
Simple Past
Transformations
Past Continuous
Irregular Past Verbs and Statives
100
_____ you _____ (listen) while he ______ (talk)?
Are you listening while he is talking?
100
____ yesterday ____ the evening, Neal's dog ran after his girlfriend.
0, in
100
Janet worked at my school. (negative)
Janet didn't work at my school.
100
She was working on my computer at 10 PM yesterday. (Negative)
She wasn't working on my computer at 10 PM yesterday.
100
Think, go (past?) + think, go (stative / dynamic / both?)
thought, went + both, active
200
Joseph_____(drive) too fast, that's why he____(have) a car accident
Joseph was driving too fast, that's why he had a car accident.
200
I went on vacation ____ July_____last year, but it was so expensive!
in, 0
200
Mary went to France last summer. (question)
Did Mary go to France last summer?
200
Was Joe watching a TV when his father called him? (Affirmative)
Joe was watching TV when his father called him.
200
speak, hear (past?) + speak, hear (stative / dynamic / both?)
spoke, heard + active, stative
300
While Sara ______ (read), Kristen _____ (watch) TV. Both of them were busy for 2 hours!
While Sara was reading, Kristen was watching TV.
300
My husband and I cooked dinner____ last Sunday____6 PM, but we ate____ 7 PM ____ Monday.
0, at, at, on
300
Did you see Steve last night? (affirmative)
I saw Steve last night.
300
Carol wasn't sleeping at 9:00 AM yesterday. (Question)
Was Carol sleeping at 9:00 AM yesterday?
300
do, eat (past?) + do, eat (stative / dynamic / both?)
did, ate + dynamic, dynamic
400
When you_____(tell) that scary story, I_____(sleep) on the couch. I'm happy that I didn't hear it!
When you told that scary story, I was sleeping on the couch.
400
It's hot! We don't like to study _____ the summer! Also we really don't like to study ____ the afternoon. Can we come to class ____ 8 o'clock ___night?
in, in, at, at
400
I didn't eat enough at lunch. (affirmative)
I ate enough at lunch.
400
Were you studying at home when Kate arrived? (Negative) (change "you" to "I")
I wasn't studying at home when Kate arrived.
400
Drink, be (past?) + be, see (stative or dynamic?)
drank, was/were + stative, both
500
I _____ (listen) to my iPod, so I _____ (not hear) the fire alarm.
I was listening to my iPod, so I didn't hear the fire alarm.
500
The family went to the beach every year ____ a weekend ____ August, or ____ the end of July. They left early ____the morning and arrived ____ noon.
on, in, at, in, at
500
They didn't like that movie when they were young. (affirmative)
They liked that movie when they were young.
500
I wasn't driving carefully when I got in the accident. (question) (Change "I" to "you")
Were you driving carefully when you got in the accident?
500
make, teach, come (past?) + make, teach, smell (stative or dynamic?)
made, taught, came + dynamic, dynamic, both (dynamic is less common so answering "stative" is OK)