Past simple and past continuous

1) Watch the video and answer the question. What did Dan forget to do when he got home last night? 2) Read the dialogue. Look at the dialogue and write 2 sentences in past simple and 2 in past continuous. Read the grammar rules and complete the activities. 3) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. a. I visited (visit) my aunt in August.b. I saw (see) a rainbow two weeks ago.c. It didn't rain (not rain) a lot last summer.d. I took (take) a lot of photos on holidays.e. I studied (study) for the maths test last night.f. I didn't have (not have) fried eggs for breakfast yesterday. 4 ) Order and make questions in the past simple form. What lunch What did you have for lunch yesterday? What films Monday What film did you see last Monday? go year holiday Where did you go on holiday last year? What sports/ do years ago What sports did you do two years ago? ? 2007 videogames What videogames did you play in 2007? you mobile phone/ a month ago What mobile phone did you have a month ago? 5 ) Look at the photo. What was happening while Mary was having a shower yesterday?Write about her dad, her mum, her grandmother, her dog and her cat. 6 ) Match We use the past continuous for long actions in the past. We use the past continuous + when + past simple for a long action interrupted by a short action. We use the past continuous + while + past continuous for two long simultaneous actions. 7) 1 _my father was reading a book, my mother was looking at the family album. when while 2 I was having a shower , _ my friend broke my mother's favourite vase. when while 3 _ the teacher came into the classroom ,some students were arguing with each other When While 4 I arrived home , _ all the guests were having tea and biscuits. when while 5 The Pearsons were having a large breakfast , _ the doorbell rang. when while 6 My father was waiting in the car , _ my mother was doing shopping. when while 8) Complete the text with the words in the box. INTERNET HELPS FIGHT CRIME!Two weeks ago, a robber took David Reed's laptop when he was sleeping. David is a writer and he was writing a book at that time- it was all on the computer. Two days later, when David was trying to find another computer on the internet, he saw a laptop similar to his old one. David went to the seller's house to buy it. When he looked at the laptop, he realized it was his old one! What did David do? He sent a message to the police while he was asking the seller a lot of questions about the computer. Finally, when the police arrived, they found more computers. The man was a real thief! 9) Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Last year, my best friend went (go) on holiday to a small island in the Caribbean. She saw (see) all the island. She was really impressed! While she was visiting (visit) the aquarium, she met (meet) Edward, an old school friend. As he wasn't busy that day, they decided (decide) to go to the theatre in the evening. They were watching (watch) the play when the lights went (go) out, so they left (leave) the theatre and returned to the hotel. There they talked and had (have) a drink till midnight. 10 A ) Read the text and choose the right option. FAMOUS INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS The English engineer George Stephenson was poor, but got rich and successful through intelligence and hard work. He built the world’s first public railways line for steam locomotives. Because of this, he is sometimes called ‘the father or railways’.Stephenson was born in 1781 in Wylam, a small village in the north of England. His father worked in a coal mine. Everybody in his family was illiterate. George joined his father in the mines when he was a teenager. While he was working there, he attended night school and learned reading, writing and arithmetic.Stephenson got the idea for a locomotive from his work in the mines. In those days, engines used only steam. The pumps for pumping water out of the mines used steam. One of Stephenson’s jobs was fixing these pumps, so he learned a lot about steam engines. He wanted to design a steam locomotive to pull the coal-carts in the mines. In 1814, Stephenson built his first locomotive – the Blucher. It could carry coal up a hill at 6.4 kilometres per hour, but it was very expensive to use.In 1821, parliament decided the construction of a 40-kilometre metal railway line for coal carts pulled by horses. But Stephenson asked the government to build a railway for locomotives. Then he and his son, Robert, helped to design it. It was thanks to this that the Stephensons started a company to make the steam locomotives for the Stockton and Darlington Railway which opened in 1825. The first train carried coal and flour and took two hours to go 15 kilometres. 1) George Stephenson never learnt to read or write. true false doesn't say 2) He never liked spending money. true false doesn't say 3) He started working in the mines before he was 20. true false doesn't say 4) The machines for pumping water out of the mines were dangerous. true false doesn't say 5) His first locomotive was called Rocket. true false doesn't say 10 B ) Match the words with the definitions coal you burn this black mineral public for everyone to use locomotive the engine of a train steam you get this wet substance when water is at 100ºC pump a machine that pushes liquid up or down