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Activities to practise the use of the past simple and continuous in context

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PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

Question 1 of 6

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Yesterday I ( was reading, read, were reading, readed ) a book when Peter ( phoned, phont, was phoning, were phoning ) me. He had lost his agenda and he ( wasn't remember, didn't remember, was remembering, wasn't remebering ) the homemork.

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Question 2 of 6

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The students ( were writing, was writing, wrote, writed ) on their notebooks while the teacher ( was talking, were talking, talked, talking ). Nobody ( was speaking, were speaking, spoke, spoken ).

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Question 3 of 6

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I ( were walking, walked, walking, was walking ) on the street when I ( meet, met, was meeting, meeted ) Mary. She was very upset with her friends because they ( were sending, was sending, sent, send ) her nasty messages.

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Question 4 of 6

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My sister ( was preparing, were preparing, prepared, preparing ) a salad while I ( were baking, baked, was baking, baket ) a pizza. Then, we ( were eating, eat, ate, eaten ) everything together.

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Question 5 of 6

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Last year, my parents ( was buying, were buying, buyed, bought ) a new car. My father ( were driving, drove, drived, was driving ) it when he ( got, get, was getting, gotten ) a flat tyre really far from home-

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Question 6 of 6

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

- (sleep) when I (phone) ? No, I wasn't. I (watch) a film

- ( the dog bark) when you (arrive) home?

-Alice (pay) attention, so the teacher (become) angry

-What (you do ) when the storm (begin)?

-We (have) dinner when John (arrive) . We were still cooking it.

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