past exercises
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past simpleTRANSCRIPT
1. Last night, it _______________.
A. ? rain
B. ? rained
2. Last night, I _______________ a really great movie at Vancouver Centre Mall.
A. ? watched
B. ? watch
3. My family _______________ to Surrey yesterday to visit my grandfather.
A. ? go
B. ? went
4. My sister _______________ her report card to my parents yesterday.
A. ? show
B. ? showed
5. When _______________ your leg? It looks painful.
A. ? do you hurt
B. ? did you hurt
6. We _______________ our essays on time, so the professor gave us some extra time.
A. ? don't finish
B. ? didn't finish
7. Our football club _______________ dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.
A. ? ate
B. ? eat
8. Our team _______________ well in the World Cup last year.
A. ? play
B. ? played
9. The students in Mr. Brown's class _______________ a paragraph last week.
A. ? write
B. ? wrote
10. I _______________ spagetti for my friends last week. It was delicious.
A. ? cook
B. ? cooked
WhenHowWhoWhatWhy
1. They wanted to see Fiona. did they want to see?
2. I got up at 7 o'clock. time did you get up?3. She paid $10. much did she pay?
4. He didn't like the movie.
didn't he like the movie?
5. We had dinner. did you have for dinner?
6. The meeting finished late.
time did the meeting finish?
7. I ate an apple pie? kind of pie did you eat?
8. I played tennis last week. did you play tennis?
9. They wrote to Ellen. did they write to?
10. I didn't eat the chicken.
didn't you eat the chicken?
1. My brother and I played a board game yesterday afternoon.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
2. John wasn't riding a horse.A. ? Past Simple
B. ? Past Continuous
3. Did you study English yesterday.A. ? Past Simple
B. ? Past Continuous
4. Brian didn't talk to his friend on the phone.A. ? Past Simple
B. ? Past Continuous
5. My grandad was sitting on an armchair.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
6. At two o'clock Sandra wasn't waiting for the train.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
7. John and Martin ate hamburgers.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
8. Yesterday at three o'clock, Martha was chatting on the Internet.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
9. What did you have for dinner last night?A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
10.Sue got home at half past four.A. ? Past Simple
B. ? Past Continuous
11. I didn't go to bed at 10 o'clock.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
12.Was Diana wearing a red dress?A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
13.Did John take a bus to work?A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
14.The tourists flew to Paris in the morning.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
15.My parents visited Rome last year.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
16.He did his homework.A. ? Past Continuous
B. ? Past Simple
Fill in the correct form of the verb.
1. I in bed when I a noise.
(to read/to hear)
2. Mum the washing up when she a cup.
(to do/to drop)
3. I a photo of Jake while he .
(to take/not to look)
4. While the students a test, a mobile .
(to do/to ring)
5. We for the bus when it to rain.
(to wait/to start)
6. While I football, I my leg.
(to play/to break)
7. Peter a book when he in.
(to read/to come)
8. When we to the sea, the sun was .
(to shine/to go)
9. When the teacher in, the girl a text message.
(to come/to write)
10. Sue out because it .
(not to go/to snow)
1. I ____to my friends in the disco and the lights went off.
A. ? talked
B. ? was talking
2. A very strong boy came and ____me he knew me from the school.
A. ? was telling
B. ? told
3. We____and suddenly the music stopped.
A. ? danced
B. ? were dancing
4. When the show____we didn't reealize (=darse cuenta) because we were sitting on the outside.
A. ? started
B. ? was starting
5. The children____in the gym and the head of studies opened the door.
A. ? played
B. ? were playing
6. It____heavily when he declared his love to me.
A. ? rained
B. ? was raining
7. What____when she saw you ?
A. ? did you do
B. ? were you doing
Last night my 10-year-old son (played / was playing) football. He (ran / was running) at full speed and (ran / was running) into a tree. His eye is now swollen shut. This (happened / was happening) last night around 7pm. He first (got / was getting) a big knot bulging on his brow bone and it immediately (discolored / was discoloring) to light bluish, and the whole lid (was / was being) swollen. We (put / were putting) ice on it to keep the swelling down. Then this morning the lid (was / was being) completely swollen shut. We (took / were taking) him to the doctor to have it checked. While we (waited / were waiting) for our turn, my son (picked / was picking) up a magazine and (started / was starting) to read. So at least we (understood / were understanding) that his eyesight was unharmed.
2 - Pam was constantly _____ about everybody. Nobody at the office trusted her!
A - gossipedB - gossipingC – gossip
3 - While you were out, your mother _____.
A - calledB - was callingC - did call
- I _____ to the professor when Julie came and interrupted us.
A - spokeB - was speakingC - did speak
5 - At 3 a.m. last night, our neighbors ______ loud music!
A - were still playingB - did still playC - still played
_______ your trip to France?
A - Have you enjoyedB - Were you enjoyingC - Did you enjoy
7 - Jim was writing an email when the fire alarm ____ off.
A - was goingB - wentC - has gone
- Karen ____ something burning in the kitchen and went in to investigate. She found a piece of toast on fire!
A - smelledB - was smellingC - has smelled
9 - Sharon was chatting on her cell phone while her mother _____ dinner and her father was reading the newspaper.
A - has made B - makesC - was making
10 - When the police asked Nick where he was at 2 a.m. last night, he said he ____.
A - was sleepingB - sleptC - had slept
- Julia ______________watching TV.
A - WasB – Were
- John and Peter ______________eating an ice-cream.
A - WasB – Were
- I ______________working in the kitchen.
A - WasB – Were
AT, BY, FOR, IN, INTO, OF, OFF, ON, OUT(OF), TO, UNDER,
WITH
1. I'm going Bath Monday Tom. Would you like to
come us ? - Are you going bus ? - No we're going Tom's
car.
2. Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare, and you'll find more his
plays the bookcase the corner.
3. As the child was too young to travel herself, they arranged her to
travel her uncle.
4. I saw him standing the queue but I don't know if he got the bus or
not,
5. How do you get school ? - It depends the weather. wet days
I go tube; fine days I go foot.
6. The car stopped the traffic lights and wouldn't start again so the driver
got and pushed it the side the road.
7. Someone threw a stone the speaker. It hit him the head and
knocked his glasses .
8. I want to post this a friend Italy.
9. According Tom it is impossible to live Paris less than £
10,000.
10. Are you alone ? - No I'm a friend mine.
11. You ought to be ashamed yourself coming my nice clean
kitchen muddy boots.
12. Children get presents Christmas and their birthday.