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Past Simple versus Past Continuous




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Present perfect or present progressive, present perfect or simple past and present perfect or present perfect continuous + Answer Key
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Past simple versus past continuous (2)
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past continuous versus simple past
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Write what these people were doing at 6 o'clock yesterday using the Past Continuous Tense�


For example: Julia was eating her hamburger.

Lucas�(to walk).

John�a portrait (to paint).

Peter�carefully (to listen).

Sara and Rosa�over the telephone (to speak).

Kate an exciting novel (to read).

They�(to dance).

Open the brackets using Past Continuous or Past Simple Tenses

1) We�(to play) football when the rain �(to start).

2) She�(to eat) her dinner yesterday.

3) Ann�( to swim) at 4 o'clock.)

4) She�(to take) her dog for a walk that day.

5) I�(to write) a poem when you�(to call) me.

6) My friend and I (to surf) the net when the lights turned off.