card game preterit or past continuous

* Card game *

Preterit or Past Continuous?

How to play ?

A sentence is going to appear on the board.You have to think: Do you conjugate the verb to: the preterit or to the past continuous ? You have a few second to decide and to chose the correct card. When the teacher says "ON TOP": You have to put the card above your head.

Example

She (to sleep) and she fell off her bed.

Example

She was sleeping and she fell off her bed.

Past continuous !

Like always, we (to arrive) at the airport at 4pm.

Like always, we arrived at the airport at 4pm.

Preterit !

I (to eat) an apple when he arrived.

I was eating an apple when he arrived.

Past continuous

They arrived when she ( to leave).

They arrived when she was leaving.

Past continuous

When she (to go) home, it was dark outside.

When she went home, it was dark outside.

Preterit !

He (to throw) a rock at the robber to protect himself.

He threw a rock at the robber to protect himself.

Preterit !

When we called the cops, he (to escape) by the window.

When we called the cops, he was escaping by the window.

Past continuous

The murderer (to wait) for the family to fall asleep.

The murderer was waiting for the family to fall asleep.

Past continuous

The detecitves (to collect) the clues when the killer made another victim.

The detecitves were collecting the clues when the killer made another victim.

Past continuous

Fingerprints were left by the thief when he (to break) the window.

Fingerprints were left by the thief when he broke the window.

Preterit !

10

She (1 = to run) in the park when he ( 2=to kill) her.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

10

She was running in the park when he killed her.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !

11

The culprit (to hide) from the police then he was caught.

11

The culprit was hiding from the police then he was caught.

Past continuous

12

I fell and broke my foot when I (to hike) in the forest.

12

I fell and broke my foot when I was hiking in the forest.

Past continuous !

13

I ( to sleep) when the victim (to scream).

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

13

I was sleeping when the victim screamed.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !

14

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

14

She was running in the park when he killed her.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !

15

The teacher resigned because the student (to talk) too much.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

15

The teacher resigned because the student were talking too much.

Past continuous !

16

The CIA ( to look) for the culprit when the bomb (to go) off.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

16

The CIA was looking for the culprit when the bomb went off.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !

17

They (to see) the culprit when they (to walk) down the street.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

17

They saw the culprit when they were walking down the street.

1 = Preterit / 2= Past continuous!

18

The suspects (to leave) the crime scene because she ( to call) the police.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

18

The suspects left the crime scene because she was calling the police.

1 = Preterit / 2= Past continuous!

19

Bob and Tim (to play) music when the blackout (to start).

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

19

Bob and Tim were playing music when the blackout started.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !

20

He (to cook) and she was baking when their child (to run) away.

Card 1 in the right hand, Card 2 in the left hand.

20

He was cooking and she was baking when their child ran away.

1 = Past continuous / 2= Preterit !