Упражнение 1. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Past Simple или Past Continuous: 1. I (to play) computer games yesterday. 2. I (to play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday. 3. He (to play) computer games from two till three o'clock yesterday. 4. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5. What Nick (to do) when you came to his place? 6. What you (to do) when I rang you up? 7. I (not to sleep) at nine o'clock yesterday. 8. What he (to do) yesterday? — He (to read) a book. 9. What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? — He (to read) a book. 10. She (to sleep) when you came home? 11. My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day before yesterday. 12. My sister (not to play) the piano at four o'clock yesterday. She (to play) the piano the whole evening. 13. When I came into the kitchen, my mother (to cook). 14. She (to cook) the whole day yesterday. 15. We (to wash) the floor in our flat yesterday. 16. We (to wash) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. 17. You (to do) your homework yesterday? 18. You (to do) your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 19. Why she (to sleep) at seven o'clock yesterday? 20. He (to sit) at the table the whole evening yesterday.

Перевод задания: Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Past Simple или Past Continuous.

1. I played computer games yesterday. (Вчера я играл в компьютерные игры.)
2. I was playing computer games at five o'clock yesterday. (Вчера в пять часов я играл в компьютерные игры.)
3. He was playing computer games from two till three o'clock yesterday. (Вчера он играл в компьютерные игры с двух до трёх.)
4. We were playing computer games the whole evening yesterday. (Вчера мы играли в компьютерные игры весь вечер.)
5. What was Nick doing when you came to his place? (Что делал Ник, когда ты пришёл к нему?)
6. What were you doing when I rang you up? (Что ты делал, когда я тебе позвонил?)
7. I was not sleeping at nine o'clock yesterday. (Вчера в девять часов я не спал.)
8. What did he do yesterday? — He read a book. (Что он делал вчера? — Он прочитал книгу.)
9. What was he doing the whole evening yesterday? — He was reading a book. (Что он делал вчера весь вечер? — Он читал книгу.)
10. Was she sleeping when you came home? (Она спала, когда ты пришёл домой?)
11. My brother did not play tennis yesterday. He played tennis the day before yesterday. (Мой брат вчера не играл в теннис. Он играл в теннис позавчера.)
12. My sister was not playing the piano at four o'clock yesterday. She was playing the piano the whole evening. (Вчера в четыре часа моя сестра не играла на пианино. Она играла на пианино весь вечер.)
13. When I came into the kitchen, my mother was cooking. (Когда я вошёл на кухню, мама готовила.)
14. She was cooking the whole day yesterday. (Вчера она готовила весь день.)
15. We washed the floor in our flat yesterday. (Вчера мы вымыли пол в нашей квартире.)
16. We were washing the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday. (Вчера мы мыли пол в нашей квартире с трёх до четырёх.)
17. Did you do your homework yesterday? (Ты сделал домашнее задание вчера?)
18. Were you doing your homework from eight till ten yesterday? (Ты делал домашнее задание вчера с восьми до десяти?)
19. Why was she sleeping at seven o'clock yesterday? (Почему она спала вчера в семь часов?)
20. He was sitting at the table the whole evening yesterday. (Вчера он сидел за столом весь вечер.)

Past Simple употребляется для завершённого действия в прошлом; Past Continuous — для действия, которое длилось в определённый момент или период в прошлом.