F2: U2: Past Simple / Past Continuous

Which tense do you use to talk about longer actions in progress at a time in the past?

• Past Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Past Continuous

_____________ (she/stand) outside when it started to rain?

Which tense do we use to describe so-called 'short actions' in the past?

• Present Perfect

• Past Simple

• Present Simple

• Past Perfect

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple and the Past Continuous.

1. When we _________(finish) our classes the weather was good – it __________ (not/rain).

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

• get, was

• got, were

• got, was

• get, were

Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Continuous:

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

1. When your brother ___________ ( cook) lunch yesterday,  __________ (you / help) him?

• cooked, did you helped

• was cooking, were you helping

• was cooking, did you help

• were cooking, were helping

1. When I  ___________ (download) music, my computer stopped working.

Sorry, I _____________ (have) a shower when you ___________ (call).

• were having, call

• was having, call

• was having, called

• had, were calling

1. The last time I __________ (see) Kim, she was playing an online game with her friend.