Name: Mark: Date: _/ _ / Teacher: Affirmative I / he / she / it was singing you / we / they were singing Fill in the blanks with the right form of the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets Negative I/he/she/it wasn´t singing you / we / they weren´t singing 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A group of teenagers at the hotel ( to stay) At 11 o´clock Jane _ television ( to watch) Carol and Tim _ dinner ( to have) _ for the bus? ( George / to wait) They _ very fast ( not / to drive) _ out together? ( they / not / to go) Carol _ a really beautiful dress ( to wear) _ at Dr Morgan? ( Susan / to look) _ about her? ( her parents / to talk) _? ( you / not / to run) _ his report? ( the policeman / not / to write) _ a good meal? ( They / to have) Why _ there? ( he / to stand) Why _ anything? ( they / not / to eat) _ into the taxi? ( he / to get) She _ a new hat ( to try) _ coffee? (they / to make) They _ abroad (not / to live) The phone _ (to ring) They _ me with the washing up ( to help) Interrogative Was I / he / she / it singing? Were you / we / they singing? We use the Past Continuous to express: Actions in progress at a moment in the past E.g.: last night at o’clock I was reading a book Describing a scene E.g.: It was an awful morning It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing c) Actions happening at the same time in the past E.g.: My mother was cooking while I was reading a book Name: Mark: Date: _/ _ / Teacher: Affirmative I / he / she / it was singing Fill in the blanks with the right form of the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets you / we / they were singing Negative I/he/she/it wasn´t singing you / we / they weren´t singing 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A group of teenagers at the hotel ( to stay) At 11 o´clock Jane _ television ( to watch) Carol and Tim _ dinner ( to have) _ for the bus? ( George / to wait) They _ very fast ( not / to drive) _ out together? ( they / not / to go) Carol _ a really beautiful dress ( to wear) _ at Dr Morgan? ( Susan / to look) _ about her? ( her parents / to talk) _? ( you / not / to run) _ his report? ( the policeman / not / to write) _ a good meal? ( They / to have) Why _ there? ( he / to stand) Why _ anything? ( they / not / to eat) _ into the taxi? ( he / to get) She _ a new hat ( to try) _ coffee? (they / to make) They _ abroad (not / to live) The phone _ (to ring) They _ me with the washing up ( to help) Interrogative Was I / he / she / it singing? Were you / we / they singing? We use the Past Continuous to express: a) Actions in progress at a moment in the past E.g.: last night at o’clock I was reading a book b) Describing a scene E.g.: It was an awful morning It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing c) Actions happening at the same time in the past E.g.: My mother was cooking while I was reading a book 1 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 …was staying… …Jane was watching… Carol and Tim were having… Was George waiting…? They weren´t driving… Weren´t they going out…? Carol was wearing… Was Susan looking…? Were her parents talking ? Weren´t you running…? Wasn´t the policeman writing…? Were they having…? Why was she standing…? Why weren´t they eating…? Was he getting…? She was trying… Were they making coffee? They weren´t leaving… The phone was ringing They were helping me…