Simple Past
I ______ (talk) to my best friend yesterday.
talked
It ____________ (snow) a lot yesterday at 2 p.m.
was snowing
While I ___________(listen) to my favourite song, my friend called me.
was listening
Did you _____ (fall) asleep while I _____ (talk) to you?
fall - was talking
What natural disaster happens when there is no rain for a long time?
drought
Yesterday, I ___________ (speak) Spanish.
spoke
My family and I _______________ (watch) the news together when my friend called me.
were watching
Sandy and I ______________ (research) an important Canadian event for our project yesterday at 7 o'clock.
were researching
The team _________ (play) soccer when suddenly a dog ___________ (run) onto the field.
was/were playing - ran
entire village under water
flood
Where _________(be) your cat when I called you?
was
__________ (they / dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?
Were they dancing
Last Sunday at 2 p.m. I ____________(jog) in the park when I saw a thief who ______________(try) to open someone's bag.
was jogging
was trying
I ________(pay) for the tickets while I ____________(wait) for my friend to arrive.
paid
was waiting
In which of these situations do you use the past continuous tense?
a) an action that was in progress in the past
b) an action that was completed in the past
c) an action that started in the past and is still happening now
a) an action that was in progress in the past
Write the Past Simple question for this answer.
Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Sarah _______________ (not chat) to her friend at 8 p.m. She ____________(have) dinner.
Sarah WASN'T CHATTING to her friend at 8 p.m. She WAS HAVING dinner.
Last night I ___________ (lie) in bed when the doorbell rang.
was lying
First I ___________(lie) down on the sofa and then I ________(fall) asleep while the music __________(play).
LAY
FELL
WAS PLAYING
Lots of mud coming down Mountain Everest
Landslide
Who ___________ you __________ to the beach with last weekend?
Who DID you GO to the beach with last weekend?
James __________ (not lie). He ________________ (tell) the truth.
James WASN'T LYING. He WAS TELLING the truth.
Yesterday, I __________ (wake up) at 8 a.m. After that, I _____________ (have) a shower and then I ____________(get dressed).
woke up
had
got dressed
I _____ (dye) my hair when my mum _________ (tell) that dinner was ready.
WAS DYEING
TOLD
Choose the correct sentence:
a) After I go to sleep, I always read.
b) I always read before I go to sleep.
c) When I go to sleep, I read.
b) I always read before I go to sleep.