Past simple / Past continuous
Name 3
Vocabulary
Present Perfect or Simple Past
Present Perfect and Simple Past
100

Yesterday, we (go)_______ to the store.

Yesterday, we WENT to the store.

100

things in nature that start with C

cave, cloud, cactus, coast, cliff, etc.

100

an area of land surrounded by water

island

100

I _____ (eat) breakfast at 6:30am.

I ATE breakfast at 6:30am.

100

I _____________ (not want) to go to the party last week.

I DIDN'T WANT to go to the party last week.

200

My family and I (take) ______ a holiday to the Yucatan last summer.

My family and I TOOK a holiday to the Yucatan last summer.

200

professions where people work outdoors

police, gardener, sailor, fisherman, etc.

200

a very small mountain

hill

200

The family __________ (go) to Disney World three times.

The family HAS GONE to Disney World three times.

200

He ___________ (see) that movie many times last year.

He SAW that movie many times last year.

300

She ____________ (work) at the library at 6 pm yesterday.

WAS WORKING

300

sports that go with "do"

gymnastics, yoga, karate (and any martial arts)

300

a sport which involves being underwater for some time with an oxygen tank

scuba diving

300

I _________(write) poems when I was a child, but I __________ (not play) any sports

WROTE / DIDN'T PLAY

300

She____________ (visit) Taiwan many times.

She HAS VISITED Taiwan many times.

400

I _________ (wash) the dishes when the doorbell ______ (ring)

WAS WASHING / RANG

400

pieces of furniture that start with S

sink, sofa, shower, shelf, etc.

400

1. the opposite of relaxing
2. an object used to see in the dark

1. stressful
2. flashlight

400

Several days ago, I _______(go) to the store and ________(buy) some vegetables.

Several days ago, I WENT to the store and BOUGHT some vegetables.

400

How ___________ (you, be) lately?

How HAVE YOU BEEN lately?

500
A: What ___________ (you, do) when you _____ (hear) that noise?

B: I ___________!(sleep)

WERE YOU DOING / HEARD

WAS SLEEPING

500

things a person would bring to the airport specifically for travelling to another country

suitcase, passport, ID card, boarding pass/ticket, luggage, etc.

500

1. the opposite of dangerous
2. a type of plastic "glasses" used for swimming
3. another name for forest

1. safe

2. goggles 

3. woods

500

______________(the children, bring) some snacks with them for the school excursion today?

HAVE THE CHILDREN BROUGHT

500
How long _______________(Andrea, teach) at this school? I know she ________ (move) to Barcelona in 2010. 

HAS ANDREA TAUGHT / MOVED