Question

№1. Past simple or Past continuous, Use the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. While you had a lunch I _______________(work) at 3 pm yesterday. 2. I_______________ (do) morning exercises when my dad ______________ (come) into my room. 3. She _____________ (cook) pasta yesterday while I_____________ (do) my homework. 4. We __________________ (watch) a basketball game when suddenly our mom ________________ (turn) of the TV. 5. We____________ (make) presents for all our friends a month ago. We are ready for Christmas!

Answer 1

Ответ:

1- was working

2- was doing; came

3- cooked; was doing

4- were watching

5- made

Answer 2

Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. While you had lunch, I was working at 3 pm yesterday. [[1]] 2. I was doing morning exercises when my dad came into my room. [[2]] 3. She was cooking pasta yesterday while I was doing my homework. [[3]] 4. We were watching a basketball game when suddenly our mom turned off the TV. [[4]] 5. We made presents for all our friends a month ago. We are ready for Christmas! [[5]]

In the given sentences, we need to choose between the past simple and past continuous tenses. The past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past, while the past continuous tense is used to describe ongoing actions in the past.

1. In this sentence, the action of "working" was ongoing at a specific time in the past ("3 pm yesterday"), so we use the past continuous tense: "I was working" [[1]]. 2. The action of "doing morning exercises" was ongoing when another action ("my dad came into my room") interrupted it. Therefore, we use the past continuous tense for the first action and the past simple tense for the second action: "I was doing morning exercises when my dad came into my room" [[2]]. 3. In this sentence, both actions were ongoing in the past. The action of "cooking pasta" was happening while the action of "doing my homework" was also happening. Therefore, we use the past continuous tense for both actions: "