Focus 2/ Grammar Quiz 2.2 - Past Continuous and Past Simple

Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

Emily and Kate / not / study / at nine o’clock.

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Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

the scientists / do / a chemistry experiment?

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Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

we / watch / an interesting programme then.

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Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

why / Rafael / wear / a suit in this video?

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Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

Kim / read / an e-book / while her sisters /talk / on the phone.

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Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

why / your brother / update his profile /before going to school?

(a)  

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Past Simple or Past Continuous):

When we ____ (finish) our classes, the weather was good – it ____ (not / rain).

• were finishing,

  didn’t rain

• finished,

  wasn’t raining

• finished,

  didn’t rain

• finished,

  weren’t raining

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Past Simple or Past Continuous):

When my dad ____ (get) his first smartphone, I ____ (be) just a baby.

• got, was

• was getting, was

• gets, was

• got, were

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Past Simple or Past Continuous):

When I ____ (download) music, my computer ____ (stop) working.

• was downloading, was stopping

• was downloading, stopped

• downloaded, stopped

• downloaded, was stopping

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (Past Simple or Past Continuous):

The last time I ____ (see)Kim, she ____ (play) an online game with her friend.

• saw, played

• was seeing, was playing

• saw, was playing

• saw, were playing