Past simple and past continuous exercises, ESL game
Past simple and past continuous exercises. ESL game on learning how to make sentences in English language based on fundamental rules of past simple or continuous. Useful resource for homeschool and classroom use by teachers and students. Have fun with this ESL pirate game.
Sentences with the past simple or continuous tense
1. The ghost ________ in the window of the hospital.
a. Were appearing
b. Appeared
c. Was appeared
d. Appearing
2. John _________ his homework in his bedroom.
a. Was doing
b. Doing
c. Were doing
d. Do
3. The friends ________ together in the woods for their vacation.
a. Was camping
b. Camped
c. Camping
d. Was camped
4. Mark ______ a cake for his wife’s birthday, when she was working.
a. Baking
b. Was baking
c. Was bakes
5. He _______ on his food during dinner last night.
a. Chokes
b. Choking
c. Was choked
d. Choked
6. Earlier today, I ______ to work on the other side of the city.
a. Is driving
b. Was driving
c. Drive
d. Driving
7. The messenger ________ the package to the house.
a. Delivered
b. Was delivered
c. Delivering
d. Was delivers
8. You _________ in the shower when I was making breakfast this morning.
a. Sing
b. Singing
c. Were singing
d. Were sing
9. After going to university, Henry was _________.
a. Educated
b. Educate
c. Educates
d. Educating
10. They ________ together on the podium when he gave the announcement.
a. Standing
b. Stand
c. Were standing
d. Were stand
11. The movie was scary and Henry ______ that he would have bad dreams that night.
a. Was feared
b. Feared
c. Is fearing
d. Fearing
12. They _________ the rope while you were hanging in the air.
a. Were grapping
b. Grapping
c. Grab
d. Were grabbed
13. He ________ in the nail to complete the job.
a. Were hammered
b. Was hammered
c. Hammered
d. Hammer
14. They ________ the baseball game, when the earthquake struck San Francisco.
a. Watch
b. Were watched
c. Watches
d. Were watching
15. The football player ______ the ball into the goal.
a. Kicked
b. Was kicked
c. Were kicked
