Грамматический тренажер

Past Simple

Past Continuous

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Past Continuous

I was reading a book.

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I wasn’t reading a book.

At 8 o’clock yesterday

Were you reading a book?

Yes, I was .

No, I wasn’t .

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Use the key words and complete the sentences. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous .

We were on a picnic last Sunday

When/ we/ leave / home/

When we left home,

the sun/ shine .

the sun was shining .

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While/ father/ drive /

While my father was driving ,

I / play/ games.

I was playing games.

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Mother/ talk / to father.

My mother was talking to my father.

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My older brother/ listen /

My older brother was listening to music.

to music.

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And/ my younger sister/ sing / songs.

And my younger sister was singing songs.

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While/ we/ drive /

While we were driving ,

the wind/ blow away/ my brother’s cap.

the wind blew away my brother’s cap.

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We/ stop / at a shop/

We stopped at a shop,

and/ buy/ a new cap.

and bought a new cap.

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While/ my mother/ look for/

While my mother was looking for a cap,

a cap/ she/ find/ a nice skirt.

she found a nice skirt.

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While/ mother/ spend / her time at the clothes department/

While my mother was spending her time at the clothes department, my father bought

father/ buy/ a fishing rod.

a fishing rod.

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When/ we/ arrive /

When we arrived at the picnic place, our friends were waiting for us.

at the picnic place/

our friends/ wait/ for us.

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While/ my friend and I/

While my friend and I were picking up firewood, my father was building a camp fire.

pick up/ firewood/

father/ build/ a camp fire.

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While/ mother/ prepare / meat/

While my mother was preparing meat, her friend was making sandwiches.

her friend/ make/ sandwiches.

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While/ father/ cook / meat/

While my father was cooking meat, we were playing football.

we/ play/ football.

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When/ father/ call / us to eat/

When my father called us to eat, we were sitting on the grass and waiting .

we/ sit/ on the grass and/ wait.

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While/ we/ eat /

While we were eating ,

it/ start/ to rain.

it started to rain.

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We/ collect / our things

We collected our things and got into the car.

and/ get/ into the car.

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When/ we/ come / back home/

When we came back home, the sun was shining brightly.

the sun/ shine/ brightly.

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