Scribd
Upload
87 views2 pages

Past Simple Continuous Worksheet

This worksheet focuses on the use of past simple and past continuous tenses, providing definitions and examples for each. It includes exercises for students to practice completing sentences with the appropriate verb forms and understanding the context of their usage. Additionally, it references specific pages in the Learner's Book and Workbook for further clarification.

Uploaded by

Hamzah.Battash
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
87 views2 pages

Past Simple Continuous Worksheet

This worksheet focuses on the use of past simple and past continuous tenses, providing definitions and examples for each. It includes exercises for students to practice completing sentences with the appropriate verb forms and understanding the context of their usage. Additionally, it references specific pages in the Learner's Book and Workbook for further clarification.

Uploaded by

Hamzah.Battash
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 8: WORKSHEET 13B

Name Date

Worksheet 13B: Past simple or continuous?


1 The past continuous and the past simple were used in Lesson 7.1.
What can you remember about when we use them together?
Use:
• We use them together (a) ………………………………………………………………………....…………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
• We also use the past continuous to talk about situations (b) ……………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………, e.g.

When I was studying history at university I learned a lot about people like Gandhi.
past continuous past simple
Form:

Past continuous Past simple


Use (c) ……………………………… + present participle. The past simple of regular verbs ends in (d) …… .
We were doing a project at school … … when I came across a story about Ibn Battuta.
When I was studying history … … I learned a lot about Gandhi.
Past continuous questions Past simple questions
What were they doing? What did they do?
Was she studying English at university? Did she study English yesterday?

(If you have any doubts, check on page 145 of the Learner’s Book or pages 107–108 of the Workbook.)

2 a Complete each sentence with one verb in the past simple and the other in the
past continuous.
b Which past continuous verbs highlight that a situation lasted for a limited time in the past
and which past continuous verb highlights that an action was interrupted?

Example: We (do) ……………


were doing a project at school about great explorers when I (come across)
came across a story about Ibn Battuta.
……………
This verbs highlights that she was doing the school project for only a limited time.
………………………………………………………………………………………

Cambridge Global English 8 – Nicola Mabbott © Cambridge University Press 2021 5


CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 8: WORKSHEET 13B

1 While Ibn Battuta (stay) ……………………… in India, China and in the Maldives,
he (work) …………………… as a judge.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

2 Ibn Battuta (not write) …………………… The Rihla of Ibn as he (travel) …………………
He dictated it when he got home.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

3 While Ibn Battuta (travel) ……………………, he (visit) ………………… every Muslim city of
his time.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

4 Rosa Parks (work) ………………… in a department store at the time she famously (refuse)
…………………… to give up her seat on the bus.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

5 When Rosa Parks (grow up) …………………… in Montgomery, a law (separate)


………………… bus passengers by their race.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

Cambridge Global English 8 – Nicola Mabbott © Cambridge University Press 2021 6

You might also like