English Grammar Exercises for A2 – Past simple and continuous

4 exercices

Last year, some friends and I 1) went / were going to Brazil for three weeks. While we 2) stayed / were staying in Rio de Janeiro, an unusual thing 3) happened / was happeningThe sun 4) shone / was shining one morning, so we 5) decided / were deciding to go to the beach. Next to us on the beach, a group of boys 6) played / were playing football. One of them 7) came / was coming over to us and 8) suggested / was suggesting a football match: Brazil versus England. Maybe it was because one of my friends 9) wore / was wearing an England T-shirt. Anyway, we 10) agreed / were agreeingIn the end, we 11) lost / were losing the game, but we all 12) enjoyed / were enjoying our international football match against Brazil!

In 1980, a 23-year-old athlete from New York called Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line in the Boston Marathon. Her time were was very fast – just over two and a half hours – but almost immediately, the officials begin to think something was wrong. Nobody remembered seeing Rosie during the race and she not appear on videos of the runners while they was running. While the officials were investigating, two students were giving them important information. The students was watching the runners from the side of the road when Rosie suddenly appeared from the crowd. In fact, Rosie didn’t won the race. She only crossed the finish line first because she didn’t ran the course!

1)
My uncle (break) his nose when he (play) baseball.
2)
The students (not hear) the instructions because they (not listen) to their teacher.
3)
My mum (drop) her money when she (run) for the bus.
4)
You (not wear) glasses when I (meet) you at the party.
5)
It (rain) when I (leave) the house this morning.
6)
My little brother (eat) three biscuits while our mum (not look).

a boythe suntwo catsa mana girltwo women

shinechat on the phonecyclehave a coffeefightread a magazine

Challenge!
Look at the picture and match the nouns and verbs in the box. Then write a description of the picture using the past continuous.
At eleven o’clock yesterday morning, the sun was shining.
A boy

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