Simples Past e Past Continuous

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Simple Past e Past Continuous 
1 – Complete the sentences using the Simple Past: 
a) I ________ (see) a movie yesterday. 
b) I ________ (not see) a play yesterday. 
c) Last year, I ________ (travel) to Japan. 
d) Last year, I ________ (not travel) to Korea. 
e) __________ you __________ (have) dinner last night? 
f) She _____________ (wash) her car. 
g) I _______________ (finish) work, _______________ (walk) to the beach, and _______________ (find) a nice 
place to swim. 
h) He _______________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, _______________ (check) into the hotel at 9:00, and 
_______________ (meet) the others at 10:00. 
i) __________ you _______________ (add) flour, _______________ (poor) in the milk, and then add the eggs? 
j) I _______________ (live) in Brazil for two years. 
k) Shauna _______________ (study) Japanese for five years. 
l) They _______________ (not sit) at the beach yesterday. 
m) They _______________ (not stay) at the party the entire time. 
n) We _______________ (talk) on the phone for thirty minutes. 
o) I _______________ (study) French when I _______________ (be) a child. 
p) He _______________ (play) the violin. 
q) He _______________ (not play) the piano. 
r) __________ you _______________ (play) a musical instrument when you _______________ (be) a kid? 
s) She _______________ (work) at the movie theater after school. 
t) They never _______________ (go) to school, they always _______________ (skip) class. 
u) She _______________ (be) shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing. 
v) He __________________________ (not like) tomatoes before. 
w) ________________ you _______________ (live) in Texas when you _______________ (be) a kid? 
x) People _______________ (pay) much more to make cell phone calls in the past. 
y) When I _______________ (pay) her one dollar, she answered my question. 
z) _______________ you just ______________ (call) Debbie? 
2 - Complete the sentences using the Past Continuous: 
a) I __________ ________________ (work) at 10pm last night. 
b) They __________ ________________ (not play) football at 9am this morning. 
c) What __________ you ________________ (do) at 10pm last night? 
d) What __________ you ________________ (do) when he arrived? 
e) She __________ ________________ (cook) when I telephoned her. 
f) We __________ ________________ (have)dinner when it started to rain. 
g) Ram went home early because it __________ ________________ (snow). 
h) I __________ ________________ (not watch) TV when you telephoned. 
i) Everybody __________ ________________ (talk) about it all evening. 
j) They __________ really ________________ (try) hard but couldn't do it. 
k) I __________ ________________ (think) about you the other day. 
l) _____________ you ________________ (expect) that to happen? 
m) It __________ ________________ (rain) hard when we left the building. 
n) I __________ ________________ (read) the report when you rang. 
o) He __________ ________________ (go) out to lunch when I saw him. 
p) The company __________ ________________ (think) well when I last visited it. 
3 – Complete the blanks using the right form of the verb (Simple Past or Past Continuous): 
James Ellis ______________ (go) on a business trip last week. He ______________ (be) 
______________ (visit) some customers in Frankfurt. He ______________ (leave) home early on Monday 
morning and ______________ (take) a taxi to the airport. He ______________ (get) there at about 8 o'clock. 
He ______________ (check in) and ______________ (go) to the airport lounge. He ______________ (buy) a 
newspaper and ______________ (go) to get a coffee. 
He ______________ (be) ______________ (drink) his coffee when he ______________ (see) an 
old friend, Bob. He ______________ (be) very surprised that Bob ______________ (be) in London and 
______________ (find out) that he ______________ (be) ______________ (start) a new job in the city. As 
they ______________ (be) ______________ (speak) they ______________ (hear) an announcement. "Would 
all passengers for the 9.30 flight to Frankfurt please go to boarding gate 10". James ______________ (say) 
goodbye to Bob and as they ______________ (be) ______________ (leave) Bob ______________ (give) him 
his business card and ______________ (ask) him to phone when he ______________ (return) from Frankfurt. 
After ______________ (board) James ______________ (put) his briefcase in the overhead locker 
and ______________ (sit) down. During the flight, James ______________ (do) some paper work and 
______________ (speak) to the woman sitting next to him, while they ______________ (be) ______________ 
(speak) the flight attendant ______________ (bring) breakfast. When the plane ______________ (land) in 
London, it was almost 11 o'clock. 
James ______________ (take) a train to his hotel. Then he ______________ (walk) to the 
customer's office. He -______________ (get) there at 1.00 pm and ______________ (go) to the reception 
desk. The receptionist ______________ (ask) him to wait. Whilst he ______________ (be) ______________ 
(wait) she ______________ (offer) him a drink. He and his customer ______________ (talk) all afternoon. 
When Bob ______________ (get) to his hotel at 7 o'clock that night, he ______________ (phone) his wife and 
then ______________ (go) to the hotel restaurant. 
4 – Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses. 
Half an hour later, the plane ______________________(start) to go down, the temperature 
______________________ (go) up. Jack _________________(look) at me. We didn’t know what was wrong. 
I _______________________________ (call) the control tower but the people 
_________________________________(not answer). We were very worried. After a few minutes a strong 
wind _______________________(hit) the plane and the plane went up again. 
5 - Fill in the blanks with the PAST CONTINUOUS of the verbs in parentheses. 
I’m a pilot and this is what happened on my last trip. We ___________________________________ (fly) the 
plane and everything ________________________________(work) well. My co-pilot, Jack and I 
_____________________(check) the plane controls, the flight attendants 
________________________________ (serve) dinner an most of the passengers _____________________ 
(watch) a movie. A few people ______________________________________________________(read). 
6 - Circle the correct verb form. 
a) James made / maked coffee when we came into the kitchen. 
b) When she broke her ankle she were playing / was playing volleyball. 
c) Joanna listened / listend to music when I came into her room 
d) I were riding / was riding my bike when someone called my name. 
 
 
7 - Change the sentences into PAST SIMPLE (negative/affirmative). 
a. I love some advice. 
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b. I send him a letter. 
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c. The police officer show us the way. 
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d. We ask him a favor. 
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e. They have write her a postcard. 
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f. Kerrie make a cup of tea. 
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g. The waiter bring us the coffee. 
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h. They offer her a seat. 
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8 - Make the following sentences negative. 
a. He washed his car yesterday. 
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b. The film was worse than I expected. 
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c. I arrived before the end of the show. 
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d. She threw the ball into the goal. 
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e. Two people were sitting in the room 
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f. She was making breakfast. 
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g. Carol and John were having a great time. 
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h. I did a good job at cleaning my house. 
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