Simple Past/Past Continuous

Simple Past

100

I  ______ (talk) to my best friend yesterday.

talked

200

Yesterday, I  ___________ (speak) Spanish.

spoke

300

I ________ (not watch) the film yesterday, I just ___________ (go) to sleep.

I didn't watch the film yesterday, I just went to sleep.

400

___________  you __________ to the beach with your family last weekend?

DID you GO to the beach with your family last weekend?

500

Write the Past Simple question for this answer.

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

Past Continuous

100

It ____________ (snow) a lot yesterday at 2 p.m.

was snowing

200

My family and I _______________ (watch) the news together when my friend called me. 

were watching

300

__________ (they / dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?

Were they dancing

400

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.

500

James __________ (not lie). He ________________ (tell) the truth.

James WASN'T LYING. He WAS TELLING the truth.

Simple Past OR Past Continuous

100

While I ___________(listen) to my favourite song, my friend called me.

was listening

200

Sandy and I ______________ (research) an important Canadian event for our project yesterday at 7 o'clock.

were researching

300

Yesterday, I __________ (wake up) at 8 a.m. After that, I _____________ (have) a shower and then I ____________(get dressed).

woke up

had

got dressed

400

Last night I ___________ (lie) in bed when somebody rang the doorbell. 

was lying

500

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

Irregular verbs

100

go

went

200

be

was/were

300

break 

broke

400

make

made

500

wake up

woke up

Rules

100

True or false? The action in progress in a sentence in the past is in the Past Simple form.

E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.

False, it is in the Past Continuous form (was walking).

200

True or false? To form the Past Continuous tense of a verb, you always need was/were + verb + ing.

E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.

True

300

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

400

What is the  past form for these verbs?

stop

sing

eat

stopped

sang

ate

500

Give one example of the past simple and one example of the past continuous using the verb "write".

Example: I wrote an essay last night.

I was writing an essay when you arrived.