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    The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains exercises where students must fill in blanks with the correct past tense of verbs. The first section focuses on using the past simple tense, like "worked" and "climbed". The second section uses the past continuous tense, like "was talking" and "were playing". The third section requires identifying whether sentences should be in the past simple or past continuous tense, such as "was getting dressed" versus "broke a plate". The document helps students practice distinguishing between and applying the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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    Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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    The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains exercises where students must fill in blanks with the correct past tense of verbs. The first section focuses on using the past simple tense, like "worked" and "climbed". The second section uses the past continuous tense, like "was talking" and "were playing". The third section requires identifying whether sentences should be in the past simple or past continuous tense, such as "was getting dressed" versus "broke a plate". The document helps students practice distinguishing between and applying the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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    The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains exercises where students must fill in blanks with the correct past tense of verbs. The first section focuses on using the past simple tense, like "worked" and "climbed". The second section uses the past continuous tense, like "was talking" and "were playing". The third section requires identifying whether sentences should be in the past simple or past continuous tense, such as "was getting dressed" versus "broke a plate". The document helps students practice distinguishing between and applying the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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    Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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    The document provides examples of using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains exercises where students must fill in blanks with the correct past tense of verbs. The first section focuses on using the past simple tense, like "worked" and "climbed". The second section uses the past continuous tense, like "was talking" and "were playing". The third section requires identifying whether sentences should be in the past simple or past continuous tense, such as "was getting dressed" versus "broke a plate". The document helps students practice distinguishing between and applying the past simple and past continuous verb tenses.

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    PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

    1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Past Simple. a) Yesterday evening I __________________ (work) hard till late because I __________________ (have) a difficult task to do. b) They __________________(climb) a very high mountain during their last holidays. c) My mother __________________(give) me a new CD and my sister and I __________________(listen) to it immediately. d) My aunt __________________(play) the violin when she __________________(be) young. e) My mother __________________(not mind) and __________________ (give) them all her support. 2. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. a) b) c) d) e) f) The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived. The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang. Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door. Marks parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a crash. Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang. They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

    3. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past or Past Continuous: a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall) off. b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see) the lion. c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest. d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of wink. e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way. f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling. g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring) h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday. i) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?

    j) I ______________ (see) carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful dress. k) I ____________ (break) a plate last night. I ___________ (do) the washing up

    PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS


    1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use the Past Simple a) Yesterday evening I __________________ (work) hard till late because I __________________ (have) a difficult task to do. b) They __________________(climb) a very high mountain during their last holidays. c) My mother __________________(give) me a new CD and my sister and I __________________(listen) to it immediately. d) My aunt __________________(play) the violin when she __________________(be) young. e) My mother __________________(not mind) and __________________ (give) them all her support. 2. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. a) b) c) d) e) f) The teacher __________ (not talk) when Mary arrived. The pupils __________(play) when the bell rang. Lucy __________ (do) her homework when someone knocked the door. Marks parents __________(write) him a letter when they heard a crash. Ann __________ (not sleep) when the alarm clock rang. They __________(not watch) TV when their parents arrived.

    3. Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple Past or Past Continuous: a) We ___________ (go) down the road at 100 Km/h when the wheel ________ (fall) off. b) She nearly ________ (have) a heart attack when she _______ (see) the lion. c) My mother _________ (get) dressed when she _________ (feel) a pain in her chest. d) She _________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen _________ (run) out of wink. e) Susan __________ (not/see) her friend because she ________(face) the other way. f) Mike ________(fall) off the ladder while he __________ (paint) the ceiling. g) While Ann _________ (cook) dinner, the phone _________ (ring) h) Susan _________ (wait) for me at home when I _________ (arrive) yesterday. i) What ___________ (you /do) at this time yesterday?

    j) I ______________ (see) carol at the party. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful dress. k) I ____________ (break) a plate last night. I ___________ (do) the washing up

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