Name: _____________________________ Nr.

________

Worksheet:

Class: ______ Date: _____________________________

Reviewing the Simple

Past and the Past
Continuous

Teacher: _______________ Tutor: _________________

9th grade
__________________

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple

Past or the Past Continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
e.g.: Sue

IItook
took good
good
care
care ofof her,
her,
didnt
didnt I?I?

of the book yesterday.

Mary was reading a book a
while ago.

_______________________________
_______________________________________________

(there

be)

dark

with thunder and lightning. All the people

who _______________ (work) near our house
________________ (return) quickly to it to wait
for the storm to end. I _____________ (look)
the

kitchen

window

when

________________ (see) thick clouds of smoke

going up from the fields. The trees and the
bush _________________ (burn). After some
time we ____________ (can) see the high
in

1. I was outside. I was scared.

awful day in my life.__________

terrible dry storm ______________ (begin)

flames

I didnt enjoy the movie

I was running.
I wasnt running.

It ____________ (be) the most

clouds in the sky. Suddenly a

of

IIwas
wasso
solucky!
lucky!My
My
mom
momhelped
helped me
mewith
with
my
myhomework.
homework.

e.g.: I enjoyed the movie.

read (read) a chapter

_________

out

2. Rewrite these sentences

in the negative form.

the

distance.

The

hot

2. My cousins and my brothers were helping

inside the house. ______________________________
_______________________________________________
3. My youngest brother was crying and my
mother was praying. ___________________________
_______________________________________________
4. They knew what to do. _____________________
_______________________________________________
5. Her mother saw the dark thick clouds going
up from the fields. _____________________________
_______________________________________________
6. Her neighbours came to help. ________

wind

_________________ (blow) very strongly and it

______________________________________________
7. Her brother was looking out of the

_________________ (spread) the fire towards

our house. Everybody _______________ (be)

window. _______________________________________

busy. While the men ________________ (try) to

_______________________________________________

stop the fire from coming nearer the house,

8. The dogs were barking. _____________________

my brothers and cousins ____________ (take)

______________________________________________

the sheep to a safer place and a group of

9.

women

_______________________________________________

__________________

(water)

the

They

realized

the

wind

had

changed.

outside walls of the house. I ______________

________________________________________________

(be) too frightened to go outside. Suddenly,

10. The

the wind _______________ (change) and the

situation was.

fire ______________________

______________________________________________

(spread) to another direction. Our

house was saved!

child

understood

how

serious the

_______________________________

3. Now ask questions for these

answers.
e.g.: Yes, I did. I liked it very much.

Did you like it?

4. Write sentences in the

Simple Past or Past Continuous
from these prompts .

Yes, I was. I was enjoying it very

much.

e.g.: She/ watch TV/ while brother/

read book

Were you enjoying it?

She was watching TV while her

brother was reading a book.

1. Yes, she was. She was looking out of the

II loved
loved
my
my
holidays!
holidays!

window. _________________________________________

1. My little brother/ cry/ when/ he/ knock at the

_____________________________________________

door.___________________________________________

2. No, I wasnt reading when the fire began.

________________________________________________

_____________________________________________

2. I/ swim/ pool/ when/ it / start/ rain.__________

___________________________________

________________________________________________

3. When I saw the flames, I started

________________________________________________

running. ____________________________________

3. The maid/ iron the clothes/ while/ my

_____________________________________________

mother/ vacuum the floor ______________________

4. Yes, I was frightened.

_______________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

5. The women were watering the outside

4. I/ not understand/ why/ she/ be/ so upset

walls of the house.

_______________________________________________

____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

6. No, we didnt. We didnt run away.

5. She/ do the dishes/ when/ she/ hear the news

_____________________________________________

_______________________________________________

7. My father was trying to stop the fire.

_______________________________________________

_____________________________________________

6. What/ do/ you/ when/ the bell/ ring? _______

8. The sheep went to the barn.

______________________________________________

_____________________________________________
9. My brothers took them to the barn.

_____________________________________________
10. When the fire started he was watching TV.

_____________________________________________
____________________________________________

_______________________________________________
7. She/ cross the street/ when/ car/ hit her
_______________________________________________
________________________________________________
8. Where/ be/ parents/ while/ you/ / try to stop
the fire?

______________________________________

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Hope
Hope youve
youve
enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)

9. Yesterday at 10 oclock/ they/ study/ for the

maths test.____________________________________
_________________________________________________

Answer Key - Solues

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple
Past or the Past Continuous of the
verbs in brackets.
e.g.: Sue

IItook
took good
good
care
care ofof her,
her,
didnt
didnt I?I?

read (read) a chapter

of the book yesterday.

Mary was reading a book a
while ago.

I didnt enjoy the movie

I was running.
I wasnt running.
1. I was outside. I was scared.

I wasnt outside. I wasnt scared.

2. My cousins and my brothers were helping

the

sky.

storm

were working

(work)

near

our

house

returned (return) quickly to it to wait for

the storm to end. I was looking (look) out
of the kitchen window when I saw (see)
thick clouds of smoke going up from the
fields. The trees and the bush were burning
(burn). After some time we could (can) see
the high flames in the distance. The hot
wind was blowing (blow) very strongly and
it was spreading (spread) the fire towards
our house. Everybody was (be) busy. While
the men were trying (try) to stop the fire
from coming nearer the house, my brothers
and cousins were taking (take) the sheep to
a safer place and a group of women were

watering (water) the outside walls of the

house. I was (be) too frightened to go
Suddenly,

the

wind

changed

(change) and the fire spread

(spread) to another direction. Our
house was saved!

inside the house. My cousins and my brothers

werent helping inside the house.

began (begin) with

thunder and lightning. All the people who

outside.

e.g.: I enjoyed the movie.

in my life There were (there

Suddenly a
dry

IIwas
wasso
solucky!
lucky!My
My
mom
momhelped
helped me
mewith
with
my
myhomework.
homework.

It was (be) the most awful day

be) dark clouds in

terrible

2. Rewrite these sentences

in the negative form.

3. My youngest brother was crying and my

mother was praying. My youngest brother

wasnt crying and my mother wasnt praying.

4. They knew what to do. They didnt know

what to do.
5. Her mother saw the dark thick clouds going
up from the fields. Her mother didnt see the

dark thick clouds...

6. Her neighbours came to help. Her

neighbours didnt come to help.

7. Her brother was looking out of the
window. Her brother wasnt looking out of the

window.
8. The dogs were barking. The dogs werent

barking.
9. They realized the wind had changed. They

didnt realize the wind had changed.

10. The child understood how serious the
situation was.

The child didnt understand

how serious the situation was.

3. Now ask questions for these

answers.
e.g.: Yes, I did. I liked it very much.

Did you like it?

Yes, I was. I was enjoying it very
much.

e.g.: She/ watch TV/ while brother/

read book

Were you enjoying it?

She was watching TV while her

brother was reading a book.

1. Yes, she was. She was looking out of the

window.

4. Write sentences in the

Simple Past or Past Continuous
from these prompts .

Was she looking out of the

II loved
loved
my
my
holidays!
holidays!

1. My little brother/ cry/ when/ he/ knock at the

door My little brother was crying when he

window?
2. No, I wasnt reading when the fire

knocked at the door.

began.

2. I/ swim/ pool/ when/ it / start/ rain

Were you reading when the fire began?

swimming in the pool when it started to rain.

3. When I saw the flames, I started

I was

3. The maid/ iron the clothes/ while/ my

running. What did you do when you saw

mother/ vacuum the floor The maid was ironing

the flames?

the clothes while my mother was vacuuming

4. Yes, I was frightened.

the floor.

Were you frightened?

5. The women were watering the outside

4. I/ not understand/ why/ she/ be/ so upset I

walls of the house.

didnt understand why she was so upset.

What were the women doing?

5. She/ do the dishes/ when/ she/ hear the news

6. No, we didnt. We didnt run away.

Did you run away?

7. My father was trying to stop the fire.

What was your father doing?

8. The sheep went to the barn.

Where did the sheep go?

9. My brothers took them to the barn.

Who took them to the barn?

10. When the fire started he was watching TV.

What was he doing when the fire started?

She was doing the dishes when she heard the

news.
6. What/ do/ you/ when/ the bell/ ring? ~What

were you doing when the bell rang?

7. She/ cross the street/ when/ car/ hit her She

was crossing the street when the car hit her.

8. Where/ be/ parents/ while/ you/ / try to stop
the fire?

Where were your parents while you

were trying to stop the fire?

9. Yesterday at 10 oclock/ they/ study/ for the
maths test Yesterday at 10 oclock they were

Hope
Hope youve
youve

studying for the math test.

enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)
The text from the 1st exercise The Big fire was taken from You Too again.