past

1. Past Simple or Past Progressive
Completa las oraciones con Pasdo Simple o Pasado Continuo:
1) We ________________(play) basketball in the street when the rain ___________ (start).
2) The police ________________ (not / catch) the thief last night.
3) When my mom ________________ (call) me , I ________________ a book.(read)
4) I last ________________ (see) Tom on Monday.
5) I ________________ to music yesterday at this time.(not / listen)
6) He ________________ (not / sleep) when the telephone ________________ (ring).
7) I ________________ (see) lions and many other wild animals at the zoo.
8) I________________ (read) two interesting books last month.
9) While my sister ________________ (study), my mother ________________ (watch) TV.
10) I ________________ (miss) the school bus.
11) What ________________ (you / do) with Sarah around this time last night?
12) I ________________ (have) two difficult exams last week at school.
13) We _________ (not / go) on vacation last summer.
14) The students ________________ (not play) football in the class when the teacher
________________ in (come).
15) She ________________ (talk) on the phone when she ______________ (crash) the car.

2. Completa las oraciones con las palabras en paréntesis usando PASADO
SIMPLE o PASADO PROGRESIVO:
1. Christine ______________________ (eat) dinner last night when you
______________________ (knock) on the door.
2. I ______________________ (begin) to study at nine last night and I
______________________ (still / study) at eleven.
3. When Jack ______________________ (drop by) to visit me, I______________________
(have) dinner.
4. Did your parents call you last night while you _______________________ (watch) TV?
5. When Sam ______________________ (finish) his assignment I
______________________ (talk) to my friend on the phone.
6. Yesterday Alicia and Gaby ______________________ (go) to the cinema; yet, I stayed at
home to finish my project.
7. As we ______________________ (travel) from Paris to Brussels we
______________________ (stop) at a nice restaurant to eat.
8. While I ______________________ (try) to repair the leaking roof, I
______________________ (fall) down.
9. My brother ______________________ (be born) in Lisbon in 1986.
10. I ______________________ (graduate) from Oxford in 1997.
Past Simple or Past Progressive

3. Completa los espacios con la forma correcta, el PASADO SIMPLE o el PASADO PROGRESIVO:
1. We ___________________________ (play) volleyball with Mary, when you
___________________________(call).
2. When the teacher ___________________________(come) in, they
___________________________ (study) English.
3. The baby ___________________________ (sleep) when the telephone
___________________________(ring).
4. As I ___________________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I
___________________________ (meet) an old friend of mine.
5. I ___________________________ (lose) my car keys.
6. I was looking for my purse when I ___________________________ (drop) my credit card.
7. My uncle ___________________________ (take) me to the airport yesterday.
8. She ___________________________ (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It ___________________________ (rain) heavily when I got up.
10. I ___________________________ (see) the thief while he (get) into my neighbor’s house.
Past Simple or Past Progressive
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