Past simple & Past continuous

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Past Simple & Past Continuous

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Flex H3

Past Simple vs Past Continuous: He went to the cinema.

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

D

Past Simple vs Past Continuous: She was walking home at night

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

D

Past Simple vs Past Continuous: We were dancing at the party

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

D

Past Simple vs Past Continuous: They didn't phone us at all

A

Past Simple

B

Past Continuous

C

D

Past simple vs. Past continuous: I ______ (fall) asleep, while I ________ (watch) TV.

A

fell - watched

B

was falling - was watching

C

was falling - watched

D

fell - was watching

Past simple vs. Past continuous: He ____ (break) his leg, when he _____ (play) frisbee.

A

breaks - played

B

broke - was playing

C

was breaking - played

D

broke - played

Past simple vs past continuous The lights ....................(go out) while I .................(eat) dinner

A

go out / was eating

B

went / was eating

C

gone / was eating

D

went out/ was eating

Past simple vs. Past continuous: I ___ (play) a game, when my mum ___ (call) me.

A

was playing - called

B

were playing, called

C

played - was calling

D

played - were calling

Past Simple vs Past Continuous I ____ (work) on my laptop when David _________ (send) me a message.

Past simple vs past continuous Susie was_____(watch) a film when she ____(hear) the noise.

Past simple vs Past continuous (+) We ____ (have) dinner when the doorbell ________(ring).

Past simple vs Past continuous (?) ____ she ____ (write) her essay when the computer ________(crash)?

Past Simple

write down what you did last weekend using the PAST SIMPLE.
What did you do?

What were these people doing?

Write them down!

e.g. John was listening to the radio while ......

some verbs to help:

do  play  read  listen 
......    ......    ......