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Past Continuous vs. Past Simple Exercises

This document compares and contrasts the past continuous and past simple tenses in 3 sentences: 1) The past continuous is used to describe long actions in the past, while the past simple is used for short actions that happened at a specific time. 2) It provides examples of the structures for each tense, including the verbs used and whether they are positive, negative or interrogative forms. 3) Two tasks are then provided to have the reader complete stories using the appropriate past tense - either past continuous or past simple - to practice distinguishing between and applying the tenses.

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Past Continuous vs. Past Simple Exercises

This document compares and contrasts the past continuous and past simple tenses in 3 sentences: 1) The past continuous is used to describe long actions in the past, while the past simple is used for short actions that happened at a specific time. 2) It provides examples of the structures for each tense, including the verbs used and whether they are positive, negative or interrogative forms. 3) Two tasks are then provided to have the reader complete stories using the appropriate past tense - either past continuous or past simple - to practice distinguishing between and applying the tenses.

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Past Continuous and Past Simple

Past Continuous Past Simple

Long action in the past Short action in the past

+ _____ Verb+ed/2f.
+ _____ was / were Verb+ing
- _____ didn’t Verb (1f.)
- _____ wasn’t / weren’t Verb+ing
? Did _____ Verb (1f.) ?
? Was / Were _____ Verb+ing ?

Task A. Complete the story, use Past Continuous.


It was 8.30 am and Mrs Johnes came to the class.
Tom ………………………………… (read) the book.
He ………………………………… (not / draw). Tina ………………………………… (revise) words from
the vocabulary. She ………………………………… (not / listen) to music. John and Liza
………………………………… (make) a poster. They ………………………………… (not / write) exercises.
Susan …………………………………… (water) the flowers and Peter ………………………… (help) her. Kate
………………………… (clean) the blackboard.

Task B. Complete the stories, use Past Continuous or Past Simple.

Peter ………………………………… (drive) his car Rosa ………………………………… (do) the project
when his phone ………………………… (ring), when she ………………………………… (get) a
but he ………………………… (not / answer). It message from Susan. She invited Rosa to
………………………… (rain) when he go for the park on Saturday.
………………………… (arrive) to the airport. Rosa ………………………………… (finish) her work
Peter ………………………… (wait) for an hour at 5 pm and she ………………………………… (do)
for his flight. He ………………………………… shopping for the whole evening. At home,
(read) the news for thirty minutes and she ………………………………… (make) pizza for
then finally ………………………………… (get) the an hour. Her parents …………………………………
plane. His friends ………………………………… (drink) tea and ………………………………… (eat)
(wait) for him at the airport in New sandwiches when she …………………………………
York and ………………………………… (be) very (come) home.
glad when he ………………………………… (come)!

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