Using the Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses
QUESTION 1
Which value is mentioned in the text?
The teenager wrote an autobiography in which she shared her life story. She explained how hard work helped her achieve her goals.
1. hard work ✓
2. autobiography
3. teenager
4. life story
QUESTION 2
Complete the question using the past simple tense.
Greg: Did you think ✓ you were going to win the competition?
Tom: Yes, I was confident of winning the competition.
[Do you think - Were you thinking - Are you thinking]
QUESTION 3
Complete the question using the past continuous tense.
Safiya: I heard Haya met with an accident yesterday.
Was she riding ✓ her bicycle when the accident happened?
Aida: Yes, that is true.
[Is she riding - Will she ride - Does she ride]
QUESTION 4
Complete the sentence using the correct verb tense.
Jason: My brother and I enjoy playing board games.
Last night, we were playing ✓ chess when our mother asked us to go to sleep.
[was playing - are playing - will play]
QUESTION 5
Choose the correct verb from the word bank to complete the sentence.
Word Bank
[can watch - will watch - is watching - was watching]
Fares likes to watch a film every evening. Yesterday, he was watching ✓ a film when his friend called him.
QUESTION 6
Complete the sentence using the correct verb from the word bank.
Word Bank
[do not sleep - did not sleep - was not sleeping - were not sleeping]
Omran: A fire broke out in my building last night. My neighbours warned us.
They were not sleeping ✓ when the fire spread in the building.