Question

1º) Make the past simple or past continuous tense

a) We ______________________(eat) dinner at 8pm last night (we

started eating at 7:30).

b) Julie ___________________(be) in the garden when

Laurence___________________ (arrive).

c) A: What _____________________ (do) at 3pm yesterday? B: I

_____________________ (clean) my house.

d) Laura _____________________ (study) at 11pm last night.

e) When I ________________________ (call) Julie,

she _____________ (work).

2º) Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses:

1. A: What (you, do) ________________________ when the accident occurred?

B: I (try) ___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2. A: I (call) __________________ you last night after dinner, but you (be,

not) ______________________ there. Where were you?

B: I (work) ______________________ out at the fitness center.

3. The firemen (rescue) _____________________ the old woman who

(be) ________________ trapped on the third floor of the burning building.

4. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) ____________________ her dirty

dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually) ________________________

me to do them for her.


3º) Complete the paragraph with the verb tense
When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain,

busily) ______________________________________ and

(try) __________________ to sell their goods to naive tourists who

(hunt) _________________________ for souvenirs. Some young boys

(lead) _______________________________ their donkeys through the narrow streets

on their way home. A couple of men (argue) _________________________ over the

price of a leather belt. I (walk) _________________________ over to a man who

(sell) ______________________________ fruit and (buy) ______________________ a

banana.

4º) Are these sentences in the simple past or past continuous?

a) I didn’t go to bed at 10 o’clock.

( ) Past continuous ( ) Simple past

b) John wasn’t riding a riding a horse.

( ) Past continuous ( ) Simple past

c) He did his homework.

( ) Past continuous ( ) Simple past

d) What did you have for dinner last night?

( ) Past continuous ( ) Simple past

e) Did you study English yesterday?

( ) Past continuous ( ) Simple past

5º) 1. Read the text below and answer the question- leia o texto abaixo e

responda a questão.

Last year

I visited my mother and studied French. I didn’t have many problems and I made a

lot of friends. I went to the USA and learned English a lot too. I saw different places and

had time to take pictures. I didn’t drink beer, I drank only soda. I ate barbecue and

slept late on weekends. I started a business and worked a lot. My business helped me

learn and understand things. I didn’t want to live in the USA because I love Brazil.

My life changed and I had many things to do every day. I also finished what I started in

2003: an English course. I didn’t lose anything, I only won. This was the best

year of my life. Everything went fine.

- By Paolo Johnson

Vocabulary:

- Last year: ano passado
-Made: fiz
-Went: fui

- Saw: vi

- Take pictures: tirar fotos

- Went fine: deu certo

- Many things: muitas coisas

True or False - verdadeiro ou falso

A. Paolo had a lot of problems. ( )

B. Paolo didn't make many friends. ( )

C. Paolo worked a lot last year. ( )

D. Last year was the best year of Paolo's life. ( )
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Answer 1

Resposta:

a) ate

b) was

   arrived

c) did you do

   cleaned

d) studied

e) called

   was working

ATIVIDADE 2

1. a) did you do

b) tried

2. a) called

       were not / weren't

b) worked

3. rescued

   were

4. left

   actually expected

ATIVIDADE 3

bargained busily / tried / were looking / lead /  argued / walked / was selling / bought

ATIVIDADE 4

a) simple past

b)  past continuous

c) simple past

d)  past continuous

e)  past continuous

ATIVIDADE 5

F - F - V - V