16673 past simple and past continuous

Fill in the gaps with verbs in Past Simple tense1.- Elisabeth ………….... travel decide miss complete meet finish watch celebrate win find catch Complete the sentences using the Past Contin

Fill in the gaps with verbs in Past Simple tense

1.- Elisabeth ………… her school project very soon

2.- Robert ……… an interesting documentary on TV

3.- Miriam ……… to sell her old car last month

4.- My cousins ……… … to Turkey last summer

5.- The manager …… …… his birthday at home

6.- Gina ………… her studies at university two years ago

7.- They ……… all their friends at the disco

8.-The police ……… the thieves an hour ago

9.-I ……… … my keys in my mother’s wardrobe

10.- Tommy ……… the competition in Barcelona

11.- Julieta ……… the train so she was late

travel decide miss complete meet finish watch

celebrate win find catch

Complete the sentences using the Past Continuous tense.

1.- At 9.00 Hector ………… (brush) his teeth in the bathroom 2.- At 10,30 his mother ……… (iron) the clothes in the kitchen 3.- At 13,45 Beatriz ………… (study) for an exam in the library 4.- At 14,55 My dad ……… (clean) the car in the garage

5.-At 16.30 Roger and Alice ………… (play) chess in the sitting-room 6.-At 18.10 My granny ………… (knit) a jumper for me

7.-Yesterday at 20.00pm Sonia ……… (wait) for the bus in town 8.-At 23.00pm Rachel ……… (tidy) her flat in London

9.-Yesterday at 24.00pm Daniel ……… (sleep) in bed

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST

CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.- The gangster ……… (rob) the money when the police caught him 2.- While he was crossing the street, I … ……… (stop) him

3.-Mary ………… (feel) very lonely when she was living in Germany

4.-Brian was having lunch when he………… (find) a fly in the soup

5.-Johnny ……… (ride) his motorbike when he ……… (have) an accident 6.-Larry ……… (publish) his first book when he ……… (be) 21 years old 7.-While the man …….……… (walk) when ………… (see) the two signs

8.-The singer ……… (rehearse) when the manager ……… (open) the door 9.-We ……… (climb) the rocks when it ……… (begin) to rain

10.-I ……… … (take) the photograph while you………… (laugh)

11.-The American astronauts ……… (land) on the Moon

12.-The journalist ……… …… (write) a very good article while he ………… (work) for the New York Times

13.-Kevin …….…… (sell) newspapers when he was a young boy

14.- My teacher ……… (explain) the lesson while I ………… (talk) to a classmate

15.- I ……… (have) a steam bath when my boyfriend ……… (phone) me