Past Continuous / Past Simple (Revision Quiz)

You are going to 

• revise the difference between the past continuous and the past simple.
• look at some gif images and make sentences using the correct tense

 
Go here to revise

1. Past Continuous (with gifs)  
2. Past Simple / Past Continuous (with gif images) 

Do the quiz.
Write the correct sentences for each image.
Be careful of spelling and don't forget full stops.
The gif images may sometimes be slow to display.depending on your connection speed.








More
Carry on Doctor - Practising the past continuous / past simple, Film and TV,  Intermediate, Past Continuous, Past Simple, Writing, Writing a letter of complaint

Present Continuous (with gif images)

What are they doing in the pictures?

The answers are written in black so highlight Answer to find out

Answer They are clapping

 

Answer They are cooking, listening to music, drinking and watching a movie

 

 

Answer They are dancing

 

Answer  I am driving

 

 

Answer  They are eating

 

Answer  He's fishing

 

Answer  He's juggling

 

Answer  He's laughing

 

Answer  She's listening to music

 

Answer  He's jumping

 

Answer  She's looking at you

 

Answer He's playing football

 

Answer  They are playing table tennis

 

Answer  He's playing the guitar

 

Answer  The cat is riding a bicycle

 

Answer  She is reading

 

Answer  He's saying "Potatoes"

 

Answer  He's speaking

                                         Answer 1  The teacher is teaching
                                         Answer 2  The student is throwing a piece of paper

Answer  He's walking

 

Answer  He's working

 

Answer  He's writing notes.  Are you writing notes?

Past Continuous (with gifs)

Answer the questions in the past continuous

The answers are written in black so highlight  Answer  with your mouse and continue moving it to the right to see the answer.

1) What were the cowboys doing?

Answer = The cowboys were eating.

2) What was he doing when the shark ate him?

Answer = He was fishing

3) What was he doing when he dropped the ball?

Answer =  He was juggling

4) What was the penguin doing when the other one hit him?

Answer = He was walking

5) What was the other penguin doing when the first one tripped him?

Answer = He was walking

6) What was the kitten doing when the cat jumped on him?

Answer = He was playing

7) What was the baby doing when the cat jumped on him?

Answer = He was walking

8) What was the man doing when he hit the lamppost?

Answer = He was talking

 

9) What was she doing when the ball hit her?

Answer = She was talking

What were the players doing when the ball hit her?

Answer = They were playing football

If you got all the answers right, well done...

Now try it the other way round. Click here and answer the questions using the past simple.
http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/past-simple-past-continuous-with-gif.html

Past Simple / Past Continuous (with gif images)

Contrasting Past Simple with Past Continuous

Answer the questions in the past simple

The answers are written in black so highlight  Answer  with your mouse and continue moving it to the right to see the answer.

1) What happened while she was talking?

Answer = The ball hit her on the head (Ouch!)

2) What happened while he was fishing?

Answer = A shark jumped up and ate him.

3) What did he do while he was juggling?

Answer =  He dropped the ball

4) What did the penguin do while the other one was walking?

Answer = He hit him

5) What did the other penguin do when the first one was walking?

Answer = He tripped him

6) What did the cat do while the kitten was playing?

Answer = He jumped on him

7) What did the cat do when the baby was walking?

Answer = He jumped on him

8) What happened while the man was talking?

Answer = He hit the lamppost

If you got all the answers right...

You did very well !!!

Now try answering with the past continuous

http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/past-continuous-with-gifs_12.html