Past Tense Exercises Sabina Anita

SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous
A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. Alice hurt herself while she ………was skating…………………………………….

(skate).
2. I met my neighbor while I …………was walking……………………………. (walk)
home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she ……was riding……………………….. (ride) her bicycle
along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he ……was studying……………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ……………were dancing……………………..
(dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I ……………was shaving………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they ……were baking
cookies……………………... (bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he ……was sleeping……………………….. (sleep) at a
friend’s house.
B) How did it happen?
1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. ………………………….
2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
He burnt himself while he was ironing his
clothes……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
………Helen cut herself while she was slicing
onions………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
……She met her husband while she was fixing a flat
tire…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
….He broke his arm while he was skating.
………………………………………………………………………………………
6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
…… I lost my wallet while I was riding my bicycle.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
………He met his wife while he was swimming at the beach.
………………………………………………………………………………………
8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
……He got a black eye while he was fighting with his brother.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
………They burnt themselves while they were making breakfast.
………………………………………………………………………………………
10. How did Martha fall? (dance)
……She fell while she was dancing.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
C) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. He …was talking……………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came

in.
2. They ……studied for…………………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane ………was sleeping…………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I ……………was walking……………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We …………watched……………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ……was paying…………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his
credit card.
7. The barber …………cut………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ……………was dancing…………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It ……………was raining……………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………………rained………………. (rain) hard last night.
D) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:
1. Sally ……was eating……………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone ………
knocked…………..
(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred ……came……………………… (come) at
seven-
thirty. I ……was studying………………………… (study) when Fred ……………
came………….. (come).
3. While I …………was studying……………………. (study) last night, Fred …………
dropped by…………………
(drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents ………called…………………………. (call) him last night while
we
……we were watching……………………………….. (watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
……………came………………….. (come) home, I ………was
talking………………………….. (talk) to
my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice …………went…………… (go) to the zoo around one. They
…………saw……………… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two
hours. While they ……were walking……………………… (walk) home, it ………
began…….…….. (begin)
to rain, so they ………stopped…………………….. (stop) at a small café and ………
had……………
(have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I ……went…………………… (go) to visit the Parker family. When
I
……got……………….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker ……
was…………….. (be)
in the yard. She ………planted………………………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr.
Parker
…………was…………….. (be) in the garage. He ……was
working………………………….. (work) on
their car. He ………changed…………………….. (change) the oil.
E) What’s the question?
how what where
how long what kind of who
1. ……………..Who did you visit …………….? I visited my cousin.

2. What did you talk about…………………… .? We talked about my job.
3. Where did she go…………… …………….? She went to the beach.
4. Who did she meet………………………… .? She met her friend.
5. What language did they speak……………….? They spoke Russian.
6. Where did they swim…………………… ….? They swam in the ocean.
7. What time did we have dinner……………….? He had dinner at 8:00.
8. What did you bake……………………………? I baked an apple pie.
9. Why did she cry……………………………….? She cried because her dog ran away.
10. How long did you stay in the countryside…….? I stayed for a week.
11. How did you come home……………..……….? I came home by train.
12. What did he eat……………………………….? He ate three hamburgers.
13. What time did he leave the restaurant…………? He left the restaurant at 9:00.
14. What did she write…………………………….? She wrote a letter to her mother.
15. When did they study…………………..……….? They studied all morning.
16. What did you do at the museum……………….? We took a lot of photographs.
17. Who did you send a postcard to……………….? We sent a postcard to our teacher.
18. When did he fall asleep…………………….….? He fell asleep during the lecture.
19. How did you lose your wallet………………….? I lost my wallet while I was skating.
20. Why did they cover their eyes………..?They covered their eyes because they werescared.
F) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. It was very cold. The sun ………. was not shining. …………………. (not / shine)
2. It wasn’t a stormy night. The wind ……was not blowing……………………………….
(not / blow)
3. He wasn’t sleeping. He ……………was looking……………………….. (look) at the
ceiling.
4. They were having a rest. They ………were not working………………………………..
(not / work).
5. They were very happy. They ……were enjoying……………………………. (enjoy) the
party.
6. He was at home. He …………was watching……………………. (watch) a movie on TV.
7. He was getting worse. He …………was not recovering………………………… (not /
recover).
8. We ………were traveling…………………………. (travel) in the north of Turkey when
we were on holiday.
9. She ………was driving…………………………. (drive) so fast when the accident
happened.
10. I …………was not sleeping………………………(not / sleep) when you came in.
G) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
the PAST PROGRESSIVE:
1. While they ……………were traveling………………… (travel) to China, Marco ……

kept………………. (keep) a diary.
2. Mrs. White ……was driving……………………………. (drive) past a house in Main
Street when she ……saw………………… (see) the ground floor on fire.
3. While he ……was flying…………………………. (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot
………saw…….. (see) sharks approaching the swimmers.
4. The fireman ………was fighting ……………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony
below when he ………heard………………… (hear) someone’s shouts.
5. She ………died…………… (die) while she ……was running…………………….. (run)
after a bus.
6. We ………were having……………………….. (have) dinner when the electricity ………
went…………… (go) off.
7. She …………thought……………………… (think) of something else while you …were
talking…………….. (talk) to her.
8. I ……saw………………….. (see) her while I ………was
looking…………………………. (look) out of the window.
9. While the teacher …was talking……………………………….. (talk), the students …
looked……………….. (look) at an insect on the ceiling.

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SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she ………was skating…………………………………….

B) How did it happen?

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

1. He …was talking……………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came

E) What’s the question?

how what where

how long what kind of who

1. ……………..Who did you visit …………….? I visited my cousin.

1. While they ……………were traveling………………… (travel) to China, Marco ……

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