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Ingles II

NRC 910395

Past simple and past continuous

Presenta
Jorge Luis Chamorro Castillo ID 622117
María Fernanda Burbano Enríquez ID 607088

Docente
Yuli Andrea Adarme

Colombia_San Juan de Pasto. Septiembre,18 de 2019


Past simple and past continuous

1 Write the past simple form of these regular and irregular verbs.

Regular and
Item

Past Simple
irregular Verb
1 cry cried
2 travel travelled
3 send sent
4 enjoy enjoyed
5 stop stopped
6 break broke
7 fall fell
8 chat chatted
9 happen happened
10 say said
11 know knew
12 Try tried
13 cut cut
14 turn turned

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple form


of the verbs in Exercise 1.
1. Last summer, my friend and I travelled around the south of France. We really enjoyed
ourselves.
2. Did you cry at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.
3. Sarah is very angry. What did you to her? You say to her yesterday.
4. I sent my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she didn’t know how to open
the attachment!
5. My mobile phone fell on the floor butthe screen didn’t break ). That was lucky!
6. I didn’t see the accident. It all happened very quickly.
7. My PC was making a strange noise so I stopped using it and turned it off.
8. We tried to open the box with a knife but my dad cut himself. There was bloodeverywhere!
3 Write questions with the past simple.
1. When / you / buy / that tablet / ?
When did you buy that tablet
2 How much / your new computer / cost / ?
How much did your new computer cost?
3 What / you / do / after school yesterday / ?
What did you do after school yesterday?
4 Why / you / not / call me last night /?
Why didn’t you call me last night?
5 Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer / ?
Where did Dad save the photos on the computer?
6 Which files / you / delete / ?
Which files did you delete?
7 How many copies / Gary / print / yesterday / ?
How many copies did Gary print yesterday?
8. Which company / Steve Jobs / help to start / ?
Which company did Steve Jobs helps to start?

4 Write the -ing form of the verbs.

1 attach attaching
2 tie tying
3 run running
4 Save saving
5 give giving
6 get getting
7 delete deleting
8 Change changing
9 Upload uploading
10 Think thinking
11 Win winning
12 Spot spotting
13 Serve serving
14 Realise realising
5 Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I was making my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.


2. Joe and Sam were using the wrong program in IT yesterday.
3. Who was that guy you were dancing with at the party?
4. Paula was coming home from school when she saw an accident.
5. In 1999 my father was living in Dublin.That’s where he met my mother.
6. He was opening the box when he cut his finger.
7. This time lastweek, we were visiting my grandmother.
8. I was sitting at the back of the classroom so I couldn’t see the screen.
9. Andrew was inserting a photo into his document when the teacher stopped the class.
10. I was starting to do my homework when my friend sent me a message.

6 Choose the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
R/was listening; heard.

2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last
question. R/said; was still trying.

3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was
breaking my elbow.
R/was dancing; fell; broke,

4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for
lunch.
R/was playing; called.

5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there
was a virus.
R/ was looking; noticed.

6. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed /
was surfing the internet.
R/ found, was surfing.

7. My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her
cup of coffee on the keyboard.
R/ was having; spilled.

8. When you saw /were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go /wasn’tgoing to school, I went
/wasgoing to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.
R/ saw; wasn’t going; was going.

9. How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling
around Ireland?
R/ did you take; were travelling

10. Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you
something really important?
R/ were you chatting; was trying

7. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.

1. I switched off the computer because it was making a strange noise.


2. My dad was listening to classical music when I arrived home from school.
3. We were playing video games when my mum said ‘Turn the volumedown!’
4. My cousin met his wife, Bianca, while he was living in Italy.
5. My little sister was drawing a picturewhile I was studying for my French exam.
6. While they were trying to fix the computer, all the lights went out.
7. When we left school yesterday, it was pouring with rain.
8. When you saw Paul was he wearing a black jacket?
9. I was trying to log on when the WiFi stopped working.
10. While Dad was printing an article, the printer ran out of paper.

8 Complete the story with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I 1 was trying to do my English homework on my laptop,
the battery
2 ran out I 3 was lying on my bed and I was listening to music on Spotify. It helps me to
concentrate.I 4 was also chatting to my friend Daniel on Facebook. OK, so I 5 wasn’t
concentrating very hard on my homework and I 6 forgot to plug in my laptop!I didn’t notice that
the battery was getting low. I was just finishing the essay when thescreen 7 went black. I 8 lost
everything. I 9 screamedin frustration. My dad 10 came running into my bedroom.I 11 was almost
crying so he12 gave me his laptop. I 13 tried to remember everything in my essay – it 14 was
quite difficult especially because Daniel was sending me lots of funny videos. Anyway, while I was
watching one, the WiFi stopped working. In the end it was probably better because I 15 managed
(manage) to finish the essay.

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