Past Simple or Past Continuous

Выполните тест на два прошедших времени английского языка Past Simple и Past Continuous. Не забывайте про разницу в употреблении! Небольшая справка дана ниже, но попробуйте сначала самостоятельно справиться с заданием. Если будут ошибки, тогда внимательно читаем теорию.

Question 1.
What _____ (do) at 5 o'clock yesterday?

did you do
you did
were you doing

Question 2.
Yesterday Mike ____ (go) to the country.

went
was going
gone

Question 3.
It ____ (happen) two years ago.

was happening
happened
happens

Question 4.
I ____ (write) an essay when my brother ____ (come) from school.

wrote ... was coming
was writing ... came
wrote ... came

Question 5.
While we ____ (reading), Lisa ____ (play) the piano.

were reading ... played
was reading ... were playing
were reading ... was playing

Question 6.
When _____ (buy) this house? - Last year.

did they bought
were they buying
did they buy

Question 7.
I ____ (sleep) when the phone ___ (ring).

was sleeping ... rang
slept ... rang
was sleeping ... was ringing

Question 8.
He ____ (work) in the garden all weekend.

worked
was working
did work

Question 9.
When Kate ____ (open) the parcel, she ____ (see) a nice souvenir in it.

was opening ... was seeing
opened ... was seeing
opened ... saw

Question 10.
When I ____ (wake up), the sun ____ (shine) brightly.

woke up ... was shining
was waking up ... was shining
woke up ... shone

Number of score out of 10 = Score in percentage =

In short

Past Continuous описывает

1. действие в процессе развития, которое происходило в определенный момент в прошлом.
2. два или более действий, которые выполнялись разными людьми одновременно (как бы параллельно во времени).
3. действие в процессе развития, которое было прервано другим коротким действием.
4. обстановку, в которой происходили какие-то события.

Past Simple описывает

1. действие, которое произошло в прошлом (last year, two months ago,etc.).
2. последовательные действия в прошлом.
3. действие, которое прервало другое действие в прошлом.