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Past Simple and Past Continuous

This document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains three sections: 1. Fill in the blanks with the past continuous form to complete sentences about things happening simultaneously in the past. 2. Provide responses in full sentences to explain how events happened, using the past simple or past continuous appropriately. 3. Fill in the blanks with the past simple or past continuous verb form to complete sentences about sequenced or overlapping past actions.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

This document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It contains three sections: 1. Fill in the blanks with the past continuous form to complete sentences about things happening simultaneously in the past. 2. Provide responses in full sentences to explain how events happened, using the past simple or past continuous appropriately. 3. Fill in the blanks with the past simple or past continuous verb form to complete sentences about sequenced or overlapping past actions.

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Name:_______________

Past Simple and Past Continuous

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


1. Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).
2. I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………………………... (bake)
cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (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)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
C)Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST SIMPLE or of PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.

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