Verbs THE PAST 12 Past Simple and Past Cont Past simple FORM fiat: Positive Question Negative She played Did she play? She didn’t play. © For irregular verb forms, see Exercise 29. USE, * For a completed action or state in the past. I saw a great film last night. We lived in Sydney for two years. Past continuous FORM (ets I/He/She/It was running. We/You/They were running, Was I/he/she/it running? Were we/you/they running? I/He/She/It was not (wasn’t) running, We/You/They were not (weren't) running. USE © To describe a past action at some point between its beginning and its end: At 8 o'clock last night we were having dinner. He was walking down the road when he heard a loud noise. Practice Complete these sentences by putting the verbs into the past simple or the past continuous 1 Do you like this picture? My uncle 24/"%¢¢. it. (paint) We were having lunch when we heard the news. (have) He broke his arm when he ...... a rugby. (play) Kylie a her first film when she was 21. (make) awn Sverre sosmtistanan the football match yesterday? (you see) . on the computer when the earthquake happened (work) 7 Who was that man you to when I came in? (talk) 8 She was so tired that she ..... for twelve hours. (sleep) 15