Past Simple and Past Continuous

Ex. 1. Inflect these verbs in PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS and write one sentence with each word as in the example.
e.g. write
I wrote / was writing We wrote/ were writing
You wrote / were writing You wrote/ were writing
He/ she wrote/ was writing They wrote / were writing

We wrote an English test yesterday. / I was writing a letter yesterday at 7 o’clock.

1. read
2. teach
3. do
4. think
5. wear
6. swim
7. fly
8. be
9. read

Ex. 2. Fill in the correct form of Past Simple.

1-When………… (be) the last time you…………. (tidy) your room?
2-They …………. (go) to Malta last month.
3-Yesterday we…………. (cut) the grass, then we………….. (wash) the car.
4-When we…………… (go) to Europe last year we………… (drive) through France and Italy.
5-They………………. (not / play) my favourite song at the concert yesterday.
6-The last time I ………….. (have) a haircut was two weeks ago.
7-My sister………….. (make) a beautiful cake yesterday and I ………….. (cook) dinner.
8-Sally………………… (not / visit) her grandparents last Christmas, so she…………… (write) them a letter.
9-Yesterday we……………. (take) the camera with us, but we ……………. (not / take) any pictures.

Ex.3. Complete the sentences. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous.

1-It ………………..(rain) when we………………….(go out).
2-I ………………..(open) the window because it was hot.
3-When I got to the office, Ann and Peter ………………(work).
4-The phone…………….(ring) while Sue……………..(cook) dinner.
5-I ………………..(hear) a noise, so I………………..(look) out of the window.
6-Tom………………(look) out of the window when the accident………………(happen).
7-Bruce had a book in his hand, but he……………(not / read)it. He…………..(watch) TV.
8-Eric bought a magazine, but she…………….(not / read) it. She didn’t have time.
9-I……………..(finish) lunch,………………(pay), and……………..(leave)the restaurant.
10-I ……….(see) Kate this morning. I …………(walk) along the street, and she…………. (wait) for the bus.

Ex.4. Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous.

One day I (play) was playing football with some friends, when I (see)___________four boys on a bridge nearby. They (laugh)____________and (shout)_____________and I (wonder) what they (do) ___________ . Then I (notice)___________that they (wave)____________a puppy in the air. When the boys (see)__________me they (throw)______________the puppy over the bridge and it (fall)________________into the river. They (run)______________off laughing. I (jump)___________over the wall,(run)_____________down to the river and (leap)_____________into the water. I (grab)___________the puppy and (swim) ____________ back to the safety. My friends, who (stand)____________on the bridge,(clap)____________ . I was a hero.

Ex.5. Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. Yesterday she (go)____________________to school by car.
2. I (play) ____________________tennis yesterday, but I __________________(do not)win.
3. Eric( read) __________________book when the telephone _____________(ring).
4. It (rain) _________________when I __________________(get) up.
5. ____________________( watch) you the movie on television last night?