SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVE
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
We ............... (go) to the park when a strange man ................. (ask) us for money.
went / asked
were going / was asking
were going / asked
went / was going
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
My father ................. (read) a newspaper while his friends ................. (prepare) dinner.
was reading / were preparing
read / prepared
read / was preparing
was reading / prepared
Answer explanation
En está oración ambas acciones suceden en simultáneo; mientras mi padre estaba leyendo el periódico, mis amigos estaban haciendo la cena.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Peter ................. (get) up, ................. (eat) breakfast and .................. (go) to work.
was getting / was eating / was going
got / was eating / went
got / ate / was going
got / ate / went
Answer explanation
Todas estas acciones comenzaron en e pasado y terminaron en el pasado.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When Jane ................. (wash) her hair, her neighbour ................. (come) in.
was washing / was coming
washed / was coming
was washing / came
washed / came
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Susan ................. (break) her leg while she ................. (ski).
was breaking / was skiing
broke / was skiing
broke / skied
was breaking / was skiing
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
While the children ................. (sing) their teacher ................. (play) the piano.
sang / played
sang / was playing
were singing / was playing
were singing / played
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Harry ................. (play) computer games when he ................. (hear) a strange noise.
played / heard
was playing / was hearing
was playing / hear
was playing / heard
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