Czas na utrwalenie dwóch czasów przeszłych: Past Simple i Continuous. Pierwszego używamy do czynności, które wydarzyły się w przeszłości. Wydarzyły się, zakończyły i kropka. Drugi natomiast służy podkreśleniu ciągłości czynności, czyli uwydatnieniu faktu, iż coś działo się przez jakiś czas. Budowę zdań w poszczególnych czasach znajdziesz we wpisach https://wespeak.pl/were-you-at-the-party/, https://wespeak.pl/past-simple-regular-verbs/ , https://wespeak.pl/past-simple/ oraz https://wespeak.pl/past-continuous/. Pora przejść do praktyki:

Exercise 1 PAST SIMPLE

Fill in the gaps using appropriate forms of the verbs from the brackets. (Uzupełnij luki odpowiednią formą czasowników z nawiasów).

1. When I ……………………………… (be) at school I ……………………………. (like) playing soccer.
2. When …………………………….. (you/watch) that film?
3. She …………………………….. (want) to know my e-mail address but I ……………………………..( not/be) brave enough to give it to her.
4. They …………………………….. (come) yesterday evening, …………………………….. (eat) dinner and …………………………….. (go) to bed.
5. I finally …………………………….. (not/ open) the front door.
6. We …………………………….. (not/ know) him as a young man.
7. The train ……………………………..(leave) at 7.30.
8. You ……………………………. (pay) too much for that dress!
9. They …………………………….. (not/ be) with us in France in 2018.
10. It …………………………….. (be) half past seven when it …………………………….. (begin) to rain.

Exercise 2 PAST CONTINUOUS

Fill in the gaps using appropriate forms of the verbs from the brackets. (Uzupełnij luki odpowiednią formą czasowników z nawiasów).

1. While I ……………………………………………………….. (have) a bath, my parents ……………………………………………………….. (play) tennis outside.
2. It ……………………………………………………….. (rain) all day yesterday.
3. On Friday evening I ……………………………………………………….. (sit) in my armchair and ……………………………………………………….. (read) an interesting book.
4. The fire ……………………………………………………….. (burn) in the fireplace and my cat ……………………………………………………….. (purr) on my lap.
5. How long ……………………………………………………….. (you/ play) video games yesterday?
6. Tom ……………………………………………………….. (cook) dinner for two hours yesterday.
7. On Saturday, at 7 o’clock we ……………………………………………………….. (not/ have) supper with our friends.
8. Maggie ……………………………………………………….. (wear) a really gorgeous dress that evening.
9. The computer was on but nobody ……………………………………………………….. (use) it.
10. Last Sunday we ……………………………………………………….. (work) in the garden almost all day.

Exercise 3 PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Fill in the gaps using appropriate forms of the verbs from the brackets. (Uzupełnij luki odpowiednią formą czasowników z nawiasów).

1. I ……………………………. (see) you in the town about an hour ago, but you ……………………………. (not/see) me. You ……………………………. (look) at the shop displays.
2. My mum ……………………………. (burn) herself when she ……………………………. (prepare) the roast turkey.
3. While I ……………………………. (work) in the garden, I ……………………………. (hurt) my back badly.
4. ……………………………. you (stay) at home because it ……………………………. (rain)?
5. When they ……………………………. (come) to visit me, I ……………………………. (just/ have) a shower.
6. The telephone ……………………………. (ring) when I ……………………………. (listen) to music.
7. The postman ……………………………. (come) when I ……………………………. (have) a shower.
8. While you ……………………………. (read) a book, your mum ……………………………. (clean) the house.
9. The children ……………………………. (sit) at the table and ……………………………. (eat) while their mother ……………………………. (vacuum) the house.
10. As I ……………………………. (pass) by a bookshop, I ……………………………. (see) that book in the shop window.

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