The document provides exercises for teaching the simple past and past continuous verb tenses, including fill-in-the-blank activities with irregular verbs and sentences for converting to past progressive forms. It includes an answer key for the exercises to facilitate learning. It is intended for students at the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro in an English language course.

1. Lessons
Simple Past and Past continuous

2. Before the lessons is
important remind about
the simple past and the
past progressive.
Let’s check…

8. Simple past exercise
Fill in the blancks with the correct form
of irregular verbs.
1.She__________ (go)to France two years ago.
2.Dan ______ (eat)noodle last night
3. Sabrina_____________ (buy)a dictionary
yesterday.

9. Answer key
1.She WENT to France two years ago.
2.Dan ATE noodle last night
3. Sabrina BOUGHT a dictionary
yesterday.

10. Past Progressive
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_________ (practice) the guitar when he came home.
5.While Alan __________(work) in his room, his friends (swim)in the pool.
6.I tried to tell them the truth but they________ (not / listen ) .

11. Answer Key
1.When I phoned my friends, they were playing monopoly.
2.Yesterday at six I was preparing dinner.
3.The kids were playing in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4.I was practicing the guitar when he came home.
5.While Allan was working in his room, his friends were swimming
In the pool.
6.I tried to tell them the truth but they were not listening / weren't listening.

12. UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO (UERJ)
FACUDADE DE FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES
Alunos:
Alberson Santos
Ellen dos Santos
Erikson Santos
Monique Sampaio
Thyrza Bonometti
Sara Avelinos.
Língua Inglesa II
Professora Vera.