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Past Simple And Past Continuous English Grammar Worksheet - E. Landrou - University Of The Aegean

University of the Aegean

Course: English

School of Sciences

Group: 1

Instructor: E. Landrou /

elandrou@aegean.gr

GRAMMAR 2: PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

A. Look at the forms in italics in the text below. Decide which forms are Past Simple and which

ones are Past Continuous.

Turing [1] continued working with machines and electronics and in 1944 he [2] talked about

‘building a brain’. Turing [3] had an idea for an electronic ‘universal machine’ that could do any

logical task. In 1948, while he [4] was working at Manchester University, he [5] created the

‘Manchester Baby’. It [6] was Turing’s second great invention and the world’s first digital

computer.

Past Simple: ……………………….

Past Continuous: ……………………….

B. Fill in the gaps with Past Simple or Past Continuous.

a. The ………………………. describes a completed past action

b. The ………………………. describes an action that happened before AND after another action in the

past

Exercises

A. Correct the mistakes in the sentences

1. James met Sabine in 1998. He living in New York at the time.

2. I wanted to work in marketing. So I was joining a marketing company.

3. I were listening to the radio when you called.

4. I saw Jess a minute ago. She talked to Sam.

5. Why weren’t you answer the phone when I called?

B. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verb in

brackets

1. While Diana ………………………. (watch) her favourite television programme, there

………………………. (be) a power cut.

2. Who ………………………. (drive) the car at the time of the accident?

3. I ………………………. (do) some shopping yesterday when I ………………………. (see) that Dutch

friend of yours

Past Simple And Past Continuous English Grammar Worksheet - E. Landrou - University Of The Aegean