Key to Past simple/ Past continuous.

1.-Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous.

1. was reading
2. didn’t ask.
3. looked
4. did you have
5. was explaining
6. was sitting
7. didn’t phone
8. were talking
9. were eating
10. did he have

2.-Fill in the blanks with Past tense or continuous.-

1. were you doing”
2. Did you go
3. were you driving, happened
4. saw, was trying
5. was walking, heard

3.-Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous

1 was standing, stole

2 arrested, was speeding

3 arrived, was talking

4 saw, weren’t wearing

5 wasn’t listening, didn’t hear

6 were trying, had

4.-Complete the text with the past simple or the past continuous.

1. Were enjoying

2. Went

3. Thought

4. Was trying

5. Shouted

6. Happened

7. Were waiting

8. screamed

5.-Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets.-

Was listening, heard, went, was blowing, rained/ was raining, saw, was lying, said, looked