2. Past Tenses
Past Simple
• I lived in New York 2 years.
He met us at the station.
• He shut the window, switched
off the light and went upstairs
Past Continuous
• I was writing a letter to my friend
from 5 to 6 on Sunday.
• They were playing football at 5
yesterday.
• Mother was cooking dinner while I
was doing my English homework.
Progress in the past
Two simultaneous
actions in the past
Finished actions
A series of events in the
past
3. Past Tenses
Past Simple
I lived in New York 2 years.
Past Present
2015-2017
Now I live in London.
Finished action
Series of actions in
the past
2018 -
4. Past Tenses
Past Simple
He shut up the window,
Past
Finished action
Series of actions in
the past
switched off the light
and went downstairs.
5. Past Tenses
Mum was cooking,
Past
Finished action
Two simultaneous
actions in the past
while I was doing
my homework.
Past Continuous
6. Past Tenses
Past Simple Past Continuous
While the action was in progress something happened in the middle
and interrupted it.
Past I was cycling in the evening
when suddenly
a man stepped on my way.
Progress in the past
Interrupted action
7. Formation
Past Simple Past Continuous
I worked go - went
You cooked come - came
He walked make - made
She opened run - ran
It cleaned write - wrote
We tried buy - bought
You shouted teach - taught
They washed eat - ate
You
We
They
I
He
She
It
were working.
was working.
8. Formation
Past Simple Past Continuous
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
didn’t work.
weren’t working.
You
We
They
I
He
She
It
wasn’t working.
9. Formation
Past Simple Past Continuous
Did
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
work?
Were working?
you
we
they
Was working?
I
he
she
it
10. Orangio and Pinky ______ when
someone ______ Pinky.
a. cuddle / take
b. cuddled / was took
c. was cuddling / taken
d. were cuddling / took
Use past continuous + past
simple to describe an
interrupted action in the
past.
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11. The driver ______ Pinky in a cooler
and ______ her to his truck.
a. put / carried
b. was putting / carried
c. was putting / was carrying
d. had put / carried
Use the past simple to
describe a series of events in
the past.
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12. While the driver ______ his truck,
Orangio ______ to save Pinky.
a. started / ran
b. had started / had run
c. was starting / was running
d. was starting / ran
Use past continuous + past
continuous to discuss two
actions that happened at the
same time in the past.
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13. The driver ______ when he _____
Orangio clinging to the window..
a. drove / saw
b. was driving/saw
c. was driving / was seeing
d. had driven / saw
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14. Pinky ______ the brake and the truck
______ control.
a. pulled / lost
b. was pulling / lost
c. was pulling / was losing
d. had pulled / spun
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15. By the time the driver ______ to
Orangio and Pinky, they _______..
a. got / jumped
b. got / jumping
c. got / had jumped
d. was getting / were jumping
Here the past simple + past
perfect combination
describes an action that
happened before another in
the past.
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16. While they ______ from pool to pool,
the driver ______ them.
a. jumped / followed
b. were jumping / had followed
c. had jumped / had followed
d. were jumping/ was following
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17. The driver ______ Orangio and Pinky.
a. caught
a. catched
c. was catching
d. had caught
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18. The driver ______ control of his truck
and ______ into the sea.
a. lostcrashed
a. had lost crashed
c. was losing was crashing
d. lost was crashing
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19. Orangio ______ on the clothesline
when the seagul ______ him.
a. sat grabbed
a. had sat grabbed
c. was sitting grabbed
d. was sitting was grabbing
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