PRODUCIR TEXTOS EN INGLÉS EN FORMA ESCRITA Y ORAL
INSTRUCTOR: MARÍA ANA ÁLVAREZ
Evidencia de desempeño 8
Pasado Simple Vs Past Continuous.
Full name: __________________________________ Group: __________________
ID number: ___________________________________ Date: __________________
Activity 1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct
tense Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave)
home this morning.
2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit)
on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it __________
(start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her.
B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone
when I arrived, but when he ____________ (see) me,
he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ____________
(listen) to his conversation. 5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car
____________ (come) towards
me, but I moved quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing
____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your
passport?
B: I don’t remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my
European tour and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels. 7.- I
____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there
when I met them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus
last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the
disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________
(fall) asleep.
11.- The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory
when they___________ (discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener
___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock
__________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a
