Past and past continuos

SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).
I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work.
Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.
I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave).
Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………………………... (bake) cookies.
Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.

B) How did it happen?

How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)
………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. ………………………….
2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. How did Martha fall? (dance)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
C) What’s the matter?


 What was he / she doing?
 What happened?
 What’s the result?

 Tina
 ice-skate
 fall on the ice
 break foot

 Jack
 play football
 kick the goalpost
 break leg

 Bob
 cycle
 fall off the bike
 injure hand

 Ann
 skate
 fall over
 break arm

 Alice
 dance
 trip over the carpet
 sprain ankle


Make dialogues as in the example:

Example: You : Hi, Tina! What’s the matter with your foot?
Tina : I broke it.
You : How did it happen?
Tina : I fell on the ice while I was ice-skating.

1. You : ………………………………………………………………………………?
Jack : ……………………………………………………………………………….
You : ………………………………………………………………………………?
Jack : ………………………………………………………………………………

2. You : ……………………………………………………………………………...?
Bob : ………………………………………………………………………………
You : ……………………………………………………………………………...?
Bob : ………………………………………………………………………………

3. You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Ann : ………………………………………………………………………………
You : …………………………………………………………………………….. ?
Ann : ………………………………………………………………………………

D) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.
Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.
The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.