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English tenses: simple past tense, past continuous tense

Past tense and past continuous exercises – test 1, exercise 2

Make a question and a negative answer.

Example:We heard a car outside the house.
Did you hear a car outside the house? - We did not hear a car outside the house.

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She lost her purse.
her purse? - She her purse.
I rode slowly.
slowly? - I slowly.
He was making noise at midnight.
noise at midnight? - He noise at midnight.
They came early.
early? - They early.
They were sitting at the table.
at the table? - They at the table.
He ran away.
away? - He away.
The sun set at 7.45.
at 7.45? - The sun at 7.45.
It was getting dark at 7.
dark at 7? - It dark at 7.
I was talking to Tim the other day.
to Tim the other day? - I to Tim the other day.
They were working from 5 to 6.
from 5 to 6? - They from 5 to 6.

Now try more exercises on simple past tense and past continuous to improve quickly. See also English tenses for rules on tenses, modal verbs, regular and irregular verbs, esl printables and worksheets.

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