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    Exercises-Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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    The document provides exercises to practice using verbs in the past tense. In the first section, students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the past simple tense to complete sentences about past activities. The second section involves completing a paragraph by choosing the past simple form of given verbs like 'be', 'buy', and 'watch'. The third section tests use of 'some' and 'any' in various sentence contexts. The fourth section has students put verbs into the past progressive tense to describe activities that were ongoing at specific past times. The final section contrasts using the past simple and past progressive tenses to talk about actions happening at the same time in the past.

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    Exercises-Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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    The document provides exercises to practice using verbs in the past tense. In the first section, students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the past simple tense to complete sentences about past activities. The second section involves completing a paragraph by choosing the past simple form of given verbs like 'be', 'buy', and 'watch'. The third section tests use of 'some' and 'any' in various sentence contexts. The fourth section has students put verbs into the past progressive tense to describe activities that were ongoing at specific past times. The final section contrasts using the past simple and past progressive tenses to talk about actions happening at the same time in the past.

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    The document provides exercises to practice using verbs in the past tense. In the first section, students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the past simple tense to complete sentences about past activities. The second section involves completing a paragraph by choosing the past simple form of given verbs like 'be', 'buy', and 'watch'. The third section tests use of 'some' and 'any' in various sentence contexts. The fourth section has students put verbs into the past progressive tense to describe activities that were ongoing at specific past times. The final section contrasts using the past simple and past progressive tenses to talk about actions happening at the same time in the past.

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    Exercises-Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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    Ela Stela
    The document provides exercises to practice using verbs in the past tense. In the first section, students are asked to put verbs in brackets into the past simple tense to complete sentences about past activities. The second section involves completing a paragraph by choosing the past simple form of given verbs like 'be', 'buy', and 'watch'. The third section tests use of 'some' and 'any' in various sentence contexts. The fourth section has students put verbs into the past progressive tense to describe activities that were ongoing at specific past times. The final section contrasts using the past simple and past progressive tenses to talk about actions happening at the same time in the past.

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    EXERCISES

    I. Put the verbs in brackets into the PAST SIMPLE


    1. On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins. 2. My mum ____________
    (not cook) dinner last night. 3. I ____________ (walk) to school because there werent any buses. 4.
    They __________ __ (not dance) at the party. 5. My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last
    summer.

    II.Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs: be, buy, go, not play, feel, watch, win
    Yesterday I............................ (1) to a basketball game at our school. I..................................... (2) in
    the game because Im not very good at basketball, but...............................I (3) the others play instead.
    It .................................(4) a really exciting game! The school team..................................... (5) , so
    we..............................(6) very happy.

    III. Fill in the correct word (some or any).


    1.Sue went to the cinema with ____________ of her friends!
    2.Jane doesn't have ____________ friends.
    3.Have you got ____________ brothers or sisters?
    4.Here is ____________ food for the cat.
    5.I think you should put ____________ flowers on the table.
    6.Could you check if there are ____________ calls on the answering machine?
    7.I don't want ____________ presents for my birthday.
    8.Did they have ____________ news for you?
    9.I'm hungry - I'll have ____________ sandwiches.
    10.There aren't ____________ apples left.

    III.Put the verbs into the correct form (PAST PROGRESSIVE).


    1.When I phoned my friends, they (play) ____________ monopoly.
    2.Yesterday at six I (prepare) ____________ ____________ dinner.
    3.The kids (play) ____________ in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
    4.I (practise) ____________ the guitar when he came home.
    5.We (not / cycle) ____________ all day.
    6.While Aaron (work) ____________ in his room, his friends____________ (swim) in the pool.
    7.I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not)
    8.What (you / do) ____________ yesterday?
    9.Most of the time we (sit) ____________ in the park.

    IV. PAST SIMPE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS

    1.I (do) ____________ the washing-up WHEN I____________ (break) plate.


    2.WHILE Tom (play) ____________ the piano, his mother (do) ____________ the washing-up.
    3.He (drink) ____________ some juice AND then he (eat) ____________ a few chips.
    4.I (have) ____________ dinner WHEN I suddenly (hear) ____________ a loud bang.
    5.WHEN my father (work) ____________ in the garden, an old friend (pass) ____________ by to
    see him.
    6.She (go) ____________ to school, (take) ____________ out her textbook and (begin)
    ____________ to learn.

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