Pasado simple y pasado continuo
Nombre: ___________________________
Fecha: ____________________________
Puntaje: __________________________
1.
¿Cuál es la principal función del pasado simple?
Describir acciones que estaban en progreso en un momento específico del pasado.
Describir acciones completadas en un momento determinado del pasado.
Describir acciones que ocurren con frecuencia en el presente.
Describir acciones completadas en un momento determinado del pasado.
2.
El pasado continuo se emplea principalmente para:
Acciones que ocurrieron en un momento no especificado del pasado.
Acciones que estaban en progreso en un momento específico del pasado.
Acciones que acaban de terminar.
Acciones que estaban en progreso en un momento específico del pasado.
3.
¿Cuál de estas expresiones de tiempo es más característica del pasado simple?
while
at 5 o'clock yesterday
last night
when
last night
4.
¿Cuál de estas expresiones de tiempo es más característica del pasado continuo?
yesterday
last week
at this time yesterday
two days ago
at this time yesterday
5.
Completa la oración con la forma correcta del verbo en pasado simple: She ____ (study) English for three years when she was in high school.
Respuesta: ____________________________________________
studied
6.
Completa la oración con la forma correcta del verbo en pasado continuo: They ____ (play) football when it started to rain.
Respuesta: ____________________________________________
were playing
7.
Elige la opción correcta para la oración: I _ (watch) TV when the phone _ (ring).
was watching / rang
watched / was ringing
was watching / was ringing
watched / rang
was watching / rang
8.
¿Cuál de estos verbos normalmente NO se usa en tiempos continuos (como stative verb)?
run
believe
eat
believe
9.
Completa la oración con la forma verbal correcta: While I _ (cook), my sister _ (clean).
cooked / cleaned
was cooking / was cleaning
cooked / was cleaning
was cooking / was cleaning
10.
Completa la forma negativa en pasado simple: He ____ (not / go) to the party last night.
Respuesta: ____________________________________________
11.
Completa la forma interrogativa en pasado continuo: _ you _ (sleep) at midnight?
Respuesta: ____________________________________________
Were you sleeping
12.
¿Cuál de estas oraciones es gramaticalmente correcta?
She was reading a book when I was seeing her.
She read a book when I saw her.
She was reading a book when I saw her.
She read a book when I was seeing her.
She was reading a book when I saw her.
13.
Selecciona la opción que completa correctamente la oración: ____ the teacher arrived, we were talking.
While
When
At the time
When
14.
Completa con la forma correcta del verbo irregular en pasado simple: He ____ (write) a letter to his grandmother yesterday.
Respuesta: ____________________________________________
wrote
15.
Elige la combinación correcta para la oración: Every day, I _ (walk) to school, but yesterday I _ (take) the bus.
walked / took
was walking / took
walked / was taking
was walking / was taking
walked / took
16.
¿Cuál de estos verbos puede usarse en forma continua con un cambio de significado?
know
have
like
have
17.
Completa el diálogo: A: What _ you _ (do) at 8 p.m. last night? B: I ____ (watch) a movie.
did / do / watched
were / doing / was watching
were / doing / watched
did / doing / was watching
were / doing / was watching
18.
Identifica el error en la oración: She was feeling sick yesterday, so she didn't went to work.
was feeling
didn't went
to work
didn't went
19.
Ordena las palabras para formar una oración correcta en pasado continuo: the / cooking / I / dinner / was / .
I was cooking the dinner.
The dinner was cooking I.
Cooking I was the dinner.
I was cooking the dinner.
20.
Si describes lo que estabas haciendo a una hora específica ayer, ¿qué tiempo verbal usarías?
Past simple
Past continuous
Present perfect
Both A and B are possible.
Past continuous
Respuestas
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B.
Describir acciones completadas en un momento determinado del pasado.
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B.
Acciones que estaban en progreso en un momento específico del pasado.
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C.
last night
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C.
at this time yesterday
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studied
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were playing
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A.
was watching / rang
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B.
believe
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B.
was cooking / was cleaning
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Were you sleeping
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C.
She was reading a book when I saw her.
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B.
When
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wrote
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A.
walked / took
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B.
have
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B.
were / doing / was watching
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B.
didn't went
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A.
I was cooking the dinner.
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B.
Past continuous