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D.Education
01 B Senior Simple Past - Past Continuous

Dimitris Sclias

1. Simple past -> He went - Did he go? - He didn't go.

Past continuous -> I was + verb + ing -> I was going

I was going was I going ? I was not going ( I wasn't going)

You were going were you going ? you were not going ( you weren't going)

He was going was he going ? he was not going

She was going was she going ? she was not going

It was going was it going ? It was not going

We were going were we going ? we were not going

You were going were you going ? you were not going

They were going were they going ? they were not going

was not -> wasn't - were not -> weren't

Examples:
My mother was cooking while I was studying.
I was walking down the street when I saw her.
As he was driving his new car, he had an accident.
When Mary was having a bath, the phone rang.
Were you working at five o’clock? Yes, I was.
What were they doing when you saw them? They were talking.
Was it snowing all day? Yes, it was.

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question 1

While they.............she was cooking.

A	sleeping
B	will sleep
C	were sleeping

question 2

Tom.............his car when he had an accident.

A	drove
B	was driving
C	will drive

question 3

John............all night at the disco last night.

A	did dancing
B	has danced
C	was dancing

question 4

It..............all morning yesterday.

A	is raining
B	was raining
C	has rained

question 5

When I.....to the station the train was leaving.

A	have got
B	got
C	am getting

question 6

As I was riding I......off my bike.

A	fell
B	fall
C	have fallen

question 7

Mrs Smith...........television at five o'clock.

A	was watching
B	has watched
C	will watching

question 8

They were waiting for you when I......them.

A	see
B	was seeing
C	saw

question 9

Tim............to Africa last year.

A	was going
B	went
C	has gone

question 10

When I called her she.........at home.

A	isn't
B	wasn't
C	didn't

question 11

Was she.........when you met her ? No, she wasn't.

A	cried
B	crying
C	cry

question 12

..............a letter when you went home?

A	Did she wrote
B	Is she writing
C	Was she writing

question 13

She..........to work when she met him.

A	was going
B	is going
C	will go

question 14

At ten o'clock yesterday he...........the car.

A	was washed
B	did washing
C	was washing

question 15

As he was walking he.......his money.

A	was losing
B	has lost
C	lost

question 16

Were you driving when the rain........... ?

A	did started
B	was starting
C	started

question 17

He.............for the exam very hard last night.

A	studying
B	will study
C	studied

question 18

As I was entering the room I....... a terrible noise.

A	heard
B	have heard
C	will hear

question 19

When she was washing the dishes she.........a glass.

A	was breaking
B	broke
C	has broken

question 20

I...........a book, when she came in.

A	read
B	was reading
C	have read

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