Question

2 Past continuous or simple? (A-B)

Put in the correct form of the verb.

Rita: I hear the lights (►) went (go) out in your flats last night.

Emma: Yes, (►) / was watching (I / watch) a documentary on TV when suddenly

(1)……….. ........................ (we / lose) all the power. But

(2)…………………………...(it / come) on again after about ten minutes.

Vicky: Rachel (3)…………………………… (come) down the stairs when the lights

(4)…………………………… (go) out. She almost (5)…………………………. (fall) over.

Daniel: Matthew and I (6)……………………. .........(play) table tennis at the time.

Andrew: (7)………………................. (I / work) on the computer.

(8) (I / lose) a whole hour's work. But this morning

(9) (I/get) up early and (10)……………………… (do) it again.​

Answer 1

• Emma tells Rita about what happened the night before, describing how she was watching a programme on TV when all of a sudden, the power went out.

• But, after about 10 minutes, the electricity was restored. Vicky adds that Rachel nearly fell down as she descended the stairs when the lights went out. Daniel adds in, stating that they were playing table tennis at the time, along with Matthew. When the power went out, Andrew claims he was using the computer and lost a whole hour's worth of work. He up early this morning and repeated it, nevertheless.

• When used correctly, the verbs have the following forms: While describing what she was doing when the power went out, Emma uses the past continuous tense "was watching," while describing Rachel's actions she uses the past simple tense "came."

• Vicky uses the past simple tense verb "gone" to describe the lights turning out and the past simple tense verb "nearly fell" to describe Rachel's almost fatal accident. Daniel refers to what he and Matthew were doing at the time as "playing" (past continuous). The past continuous tense used by Andrew to describe his actions is "was working," whereas the past simple tense used by him to describe what happened to his efforts is "lost." He then describes what he did by using the verbs "got up" and "done" in the past simple tense.

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Answer 2

Answer

Rita: I hear the lights (►) went (go) out in your flats last night.

Emma: Yes, (►) I was watching (I / watch) a documentary on TV when suddenly

(1) we lost (we / lose) all the power. But

(2) it came (it / come) on again after about ten minutes.

Vicky: Rachel was coming (3) (come) down the stairs when the lights

(4) went (go) out. She almost fell (5) (fall) over.

Daniel: Matthew and I were playing (6) (play) table tennis at the time.

Andrew: I was working (7) (I / work) on the computer.

(8) I lost (I / lose) a whole hour’s work. But this morning

(9) I got (I/get) up early and did

(10) (do) it again.

Explanation

​The past simple is used to describe completed actions or states in the past, while the past continuous is used to describe actions or situations that were in progress at a specific time in the past.

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