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Worksheet 6.1: Past simple and past continuous tenses
NAME: _________________________________________________ MODULE: _______
TEACHER: _______________________________________ DATE: ___________________
Instructions: Complete the following paragraph conjugating the verbs in parenthesis. Use past
simple or past continuous according to the context.
I (buy) a new alarm clock the other day in Best Buy, when I actually (see)
somebody shoplifting. I'd just finished paying for my clock and as I (turn)
round, an elderly woman (slowly put) a silver plate into a
bag that she (carry) . Then she (walk) over to another part
of the shop and (pick up) an expensive-looking watch a number of
times. When she (think) that nobody (look) , she (drop)
it into the bag. Before I (have) a chance to tell the staff in
the shop, she (notice) that I (watch) her and (hurry)
out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (walk) past
just at that moment and she (run) straight into them.


Instructions: Transform the following sentences from present simple to present continuous
tense, or viceversa.
1. The cat was drinking milk. ______________________________________
2. Diana ran in the park. ______________________________________
3. They were buying some gifts. ______________________________________
4. He sat in front of the teacher. ______________________________________
5. I was reading the newspaper. ______________________________________
6. We took beautiful photographs. ______________________________________



Instructions: Complete the following statement.

We use the past continuous tense ____________________________________________.

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Instructions: Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs.

1. meet ________________
2. wear ________________
3. swim ________________
4. buy ________________
5. catch ________________


Instructions: Complete the following charts with the correct form of the sentences. Remember
the structures that we have studied and the conjugation of the verbs.

PAST SIMPLE
Affirmative form Negative form Question form
I arrived home late.


You didnt like the last game.

Did Samuel carry his
backpack?
Lisa didnt cook dinner for her
family.

The pen had blue ink.
Did we finish our activities?
The girls didnt take dancing
classes.




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PAST CONTINUOUS
Affirmative form Negative form Question form
I was painting some
landscapes.


You werent crying because of
the movie ending.

Was George using his mothers
laptop?
Angie wasnt wearing the
school uniform.

The fly was disturbing me.
Were we going to the English
class?
The boys werent playing
soccer yesterday.