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Past continuous or past simple? *6 08.2 Circle the correct option. Then listen and uTEJ
check your answers.

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We use the past simple to talk about an event that
ÿ What did you do/were you doing at half
finished at a point in the past. We often use it to talk past seven? O
about a sequence of events.
1 It rained / was raining when I left home.
She got up, had breakfast and went to work. 2 Jill got up and had / was having breakfast.
In the morning, Robert went shopping in town. Then 3 My racket broke / was breaking when I was
he met his friends at the park and they played football. playing tennis.
After that, he went home and did his homework. 4 Where were you going / did you go when I saw
your car yesterday?
We use the past continuous to talk about an event that
5 They wanted / were wanting to go out last night.
was in progress at a time in the past, or when another
6 They did / were doing their homework and then
event happened.
they went shopping.
7 Did she like / Was she liking your new shoes?
7 called you at 7 o,clock. Where were you?' 7 was playing
8 <Where were you yesterday afternoon?'
basketball.f
' I visited / was visiting my grandparents.'
She was having breakfast when her friend arrived.
9 The film finished / was finishing at four o'clock.
breakfast
10 Mary didn't know / wasn't knowing the answer
PAST .NOW when the teacher asked her the question.

T * Complete the sentences using the correct forms
7 .00 p.m. 8 .00 p.m.
friend arrived of the verbs in brackets.
ÿ His phone while he was the
We can use the past simple and past continuous in the
same sentence. We often use when and while in these exam, (ring/do)
sentences. 1 May_sweets when her tooth_
(eat/break)
He was walking to school when it started to rain.
2 While I_ the door, I white paint on
While he was walking to school, it started to rain.
my trousers, (paint/get)
We can use when or while with the past continuous.
3 What-they-about when we
We cannot use while with the past simple.
_into the room? (talk/come)
I saw Ben when/while I was waiting for the bus. 4 While we_at the bus stop, we_ an
I was waiting for the bus when I saw Ben. accident, (wait/see)

There are some verbs that we don't normally use 5 What_you_while you_with
in the continuous form: e.g., hear, know, like, love, your mum? (buy/shop)
understand, see, want. See also Unit 6 page 31. 6 She_to the shops when someone_
her handbag, (walk/steal)
I wasn/t understanding the homework.
I didn't understand the homework. 7 While I_on the beach, my brother_
for a swim, (lie/go)
8 Sam_on the bus when a bird_in
through the window, (sit/fly)
9 _you_your phone while you
for the bus? (drop/run)
10 I _ to music when my dad me to
switch it off. (listen/tell)

;; 8 O 8.3 Listen to Mary talking about her cousins'visit. Complete sentences 1-3 and then 4-7. O

When her cousins arrived,... The house was a mess, so ...
ÿ Mary was doliÿoi her . 4 her aunt_
1 her dad- 5 her uncle-
2 her mum_ 6 Mary_ and while
3 her brother 7 her cousins

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