Question

Past Simple or Past Continuos. 1. What ___ (you/do) at 8.30 p.m. yesterday? I ___ (watch) a film on TV. The film ___ (end) at quarter to ten. 2. I can't remember. I ___ (not play) attention. What ___ (you/do) after the film? 3. I ___ (make) a cup of tea and ___ (go) to bed. That was at ten o'clock. How do you know? Because the church clock ___ (strike) ten when I ___ (turn) off the light.

Answer 1

1. What ___ (were you/doing) at 8.30 p.m. yesterday?
I ___ (was watching) a film on TV. The film ___ (ended) at quarter to ten.
2. I can't remember. I ___ (did not play) attention.
What ___ (did you/do) after the film?
3. I ___ (made) a cup of tea and ___ (went) to bed. That was at ten o'clock.
How do you know?
Because the church clock ___ (was striking) ten when I ___ (turned) off the light.

Answer 2

1. What did you do at 8.30 p.m. yesterday? I watched a film on TV. The film ended at quarter to ten.

In this sentence, the verb "do" is in the past simple tense because it refers to a specific action that happened at a specific time in the past. The verb "watch" is also in the past simple tense because it refers to an action that started and ended in the past.

2. I can't remember. I wasn't playing attention.

In this sentence, the verb "remember" is in the past simple tense because it refers to a specific action that happened in the past. The verb "play" is in the past continuous tense because it refers to an action that was ongoing in the past.

3. I made a cup of tea and went to bed. That was at ten o'clock. How do you know? Because the church clock struck ten when I turned off the light.

In this sentence, the verb "make" is in the past simple tense because it refers to a specific action that happened in the past. The verb "go" is also in the past simple tense because it refers to an action that started and ended in the past. The verb "strike" is in the past simple tense because it refers to a specific action that happened in the past. The verb "turn" is also in the past simple tense because it refers to an action that started and ended in the past.