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1 Review

Complete the review of the past tense with ‘simple’ or ‘past progressive’.

Grammar review - simple past tense or past progressive tense?

1
We use the past to talk about completed events in the past:
I received an email this morning at 8 o’clock.
Where did you go yesterday?

2
We use the past to talk about unfinished activities that are in progress at a particular
time in the past:
I was writing an important email at 9 o’clock this morning.
He wasn’t working at 6 o’clock.

3
We use the simple past with the past form to talk about a finished action that
happened while another activity was in progress:
I was giving a presentation when you called me.
Were you having lunch when the client arrived?
4
Remember that some verbs are NEVER used in the past form. These are called static
or state verbs, e.g., love, like, know, need, want, hate, understand, etc.

I liked the idea. (NOT I was liking the idea.)

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2 Practice I

Match the verbs on the left with the nouns on the right.

1. write a. a diagram

2. make b. an email

3. talk c. a phone call

4. print d. brochures

5. drive e. home

6. draw f. lunch

7. have g. on the phone

Jeff works for an American printing company. Watch the video clips from his day at work. Imagine
that the video was filmed yesterday. For each clip, ask and answer the questions like in the example.

Video

1. What was he doing at 10:00 a.m.? He was drawing a diagram.

2. What was he doing at noon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. What was he doing at 1:00 p.m.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. What was he doing at 4:00 p.m.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. What was he doing at 5:00 p.m.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. What was he doing at 6:00 p.m.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. What was he doing at 8:00 p.m.? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the same questions about yourself:

1. What were you doing at 10:00 a.m.?

2. What were you doing at noon?
3. What were you doing at 1:00 p.m.?
4. What were you doing at 5:00 p.m.?
5. What were you doing at 4:00 p.m.?
6. What were you doing at 6:00 p.m.?
7. What were you doing at 8:00 p.m.?

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3 Practice II - Simple past or past progressive

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct form:

1. I ate (eat) sushi for lunch yesterday.

2. I (read) a really interesting article at 8:30 this morning.
3. He (not/want) to hire a new employee.
4. Alan (not/go) on a business trip last year.
5. At 5 o’clock, the workers (wait) for a taxi.
6. At 9:00 p.m., Joe (not/work) He (rest) at home.
7. What (you/do) when I (call) you?
8. I (not/get) your phone call. I (meet) a client.
9. They (wait) for the boss when he (arrive).
10. When she (leave) the office, it (rain).

4 Practice III
Make true sentences about you using the verbs below in the correct form. Compare with a partner.

1. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (take a business trip) last month.

2. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have breakfast) at 8 o’clock this morning.
3. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have breakfast) yesterday.
4. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (write) more than five emails yesterday.
5. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (write) an email 30 minutes ago.
6. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (get up) early this morning.
7. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (sleep) at 7 o’clock this morning.
8. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (work on a project) at midnight last night.
9. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go to a restaurant) yesterday evening.

Now make questions about each sentence like in the example.

1. Did you take a business trip last month ?

2. ..............................................................................................?
3. ..............................................................................................?
4. ..............................................................................................?
5. ..............................................................................................?
6. ..............................................................................................?
7. ..............................................................................................?
8. ..............................................................................................?
9. ..............................................................................................?

Ask and answer the questions with a partner like in the example below:
A: Did you take a business trip last month? B: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

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Key

1. Review

1. simple
2. past progressive
3. progressive
4. progressive

2. Practice I

1. b 2. c 3. g 4. d 5. e 6. a
7. f
Play the video. To scan the QR code, you will need a QR code reader app installed on your wireless device and
an Internet connection. Alternatively, click the link to the video or download and play the file. Students can work
individually and check their work in pairs if done in the classroom.

He was printing brochures.

He was having lunch.
He was making a phone call.
He was talking on the phone.
He was writing an email.
He was driving home.

3. Practice II - Simple past or past progressive

2. was reading 3. didn’t want 4. didn’t go

5. were waiting 6. wasn’t working/was resting 7. were you doing/called
8. didn’t get/was meeting 9. were waiting/arrived 10. left/was raining

4. Practice III

If done in class, students work individually and compare their work with a partner. Monitor the activity. If done
as homework, students can ask and answer the questions at the beginning of the next lesson.

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