Past Simple vs Past Continuous - Exercise 1
Written by Barbara WadsworthThursday, 04 February 2016
Example of comparisons of past simple and past continuous: I was scared but I flew on the aeroplane to Spain
This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
Insert the verbs in their correct form (either past continuous and past simple forms) into the following sentences.
For example, for the verb "walk":
‘Because it was dark, I ……….. home quickly.’
Answer: ‘Because it was dark, I walked home quickly.’
This used the verb in its past simple form.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial - No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.
When we ______________ (see) Jane, the children ______________(jump) on the bouncy castle.
I … (be) scared but I ______________ (fly) on the aeroplane to Spain.
When the letter ______________ (arrive), I______________ (cook) dinner for my wife.
I ______________ (want) to be a dancer, when I ______________ (be) young.
How fast ______________ (you/drive), when you ______________(have) the accident?
Last modified on Tuesday, 18 April 2017 10:55