Самостоятельная работа по временам " Past Simple, Past Continuous"
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Past Simple, Past Continuous

1. Match the tenses in bold to their uses.

1. He had breakfast, put on his jacket and went to school.
2. I was watching TV when my father came home.
3.  Shakespeare wrote Hamlet in 1600.
4. When she was young, she rode her bike to school.
5. He was swimming in the sea while his sister was making a sandcastle.

1. complete action or event which happened at a stated time in the past
2. past actions which happened one after another
3.  past action in progress interrupted by another past action
4. two or more simultaneous past actions
5. past habit or state

2. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous.

1. A: What happened to you?

B: I …………………  ( walk) to school when I fell down.

2. A: What ………………… ( you/ do) at 5 pm yesterday?

B:  I……………… ( play) basketball with my friends.

3. A: What………………..(Ann/ do) when you ( phone) her ?

B: She……………….. (wash) the dishes.

4. A: Where……………… ( you/ meet)  Sam?

B: I…………..... (drink) coffee in a café when he ……………(enter) the café.

5. A: …………………… ( you / go) to the cinema yesterday?

B: No, I didn’t. I…………..(go)  to the theatre with my parents.

6. A: Where…………………(you/ be) last night?  I……………..(try) to call you but there……………. (be) no answer.

B: When I……………(come) back home, I……….. ( meet) Ann and we……………. ( have) lunch together.

3. Complete the sentences.

1. She was sleeping while her mother ……………………………. .
2.  I was doing my homework when ………………………. .
3. Mary was having breakfast when……………………. .
4. Tom left the house just as………………………….. .
5. The children were listening to music…………………………… .