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Test #1 - Simple Past and Past Continuous - 10-2

1. Estevanico was born in 1490 in North Africa and became a slave at age 23 after being captured by Portuguese explorers, who then sold him to Captain Andres Dorantes. 2. In 1527, Dorantes and Estevanico joined an expedition to cross the Atlantic, though things did not go as planned and they ended up first in Hispaniola, then Cuba, and eventually Florida and Texas. 3. For eight years, Dorantes and Estevanico explored the new land and traded with Native Americans, before returning to New Spain (Mexico) in 1536, where Dorantes finally granted Estevanico his freedom. However, Estevanico

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Test #1 - Simple Past and Past Continuous - 10-2

1. Estevanico was born in 1490 in North Africa and became a slave at age 23 after being captured by Portuguese explorers, who then sold him to Captain Andres Dorantes. 2. In 1527, Dorantes and Estevanico joined an expedition to cross the Atlantic, though things did not go as planned and they ended up first in Hispaniola, then Cuba, and eventually Florida and Texas. 3. For eight years, Dorantes and Estevanico explored the new land and traded with Native Americans, before returning to New Spain (Mexico) in 1536, where Dorantes finally granted Estevanico his freedom. However, Estevanico

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LICEO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE NARIÑO HIGH SCHOOL

TEST # 1- SIMPLE PAST VS PAST CONTINUOUS- TENTH LEVEL – 10-2


NAME:__________________________________________DATE:__________________________

I- Complete the spaces using simple past and past continuous:

Join not enjoy Sell become travel go


hear not go explore trade give die

Estevanico was born in North Africa over 500 years ago, in 1490. He first (1) ................ a
slave at the age of twenty-three after being captured by some Portuguese explorers, who
later (2) ................ him to Andres Dorantes de Carranza, a captain in the Spanish army.
Dorantes (3) ............ stories about the New World and in 1527, he and Estevanico
(4) ……............. an expedition to cross the Atlantic. Things (5)................ quite as planned
and they (6) .............. first to Hispaniola, then Cuba, then Trinidad, and finally to what is
now Florida and into Texas. For eight years Dorantes and Estevanico (7)………….. the new
land and (8) .................. with the native Americans, then they (9).... . ......... to New Spain
(Mexico), where Dorantes finally (10).................... Estevanico his freedom in 1536. Sadly,
he (11).. ...................... it for long as he (12) ................ in 1539. 

II- Complete the spaces using simple past and past continuous using the verbs
given.
There are four extra words or phrases.

always ask become not know fall play (x2) always ask
become hope plan(x2) know

ALLA When's your trip to Namibia? Isn't it soon?


SUE Well, I was intending to go in April, but everything's changed. You see, I
(1)........................... to go with Jana, from work, but she broke her wrist a while
ago.
ALLA I (2) ………………………......... that.
SUE Yes, she (3) ........................ netball with some people from work in November
when she (4) ............................ over. She landed on her wrist, and it was quite a
bad break.
ALLA Mmm, but surely she's had enough time to recover?
SUE Yes, well, that wasn't the only problem. She was really starting to get on my
nerves. ALLA Oh, why?
SUE She (5) ................... stupid questions, things like: 'Should I take my hairdryer?' We
(6) .......................... to go to Ibiza, after all!
ALLA Oh dear ...
SUE SO ... the broken wrist (7) …………….a good excuse! Are you going away this year?
ALLA Oh, well, I (8)............ to visit my friend in Crete for a couple of weeks, but we hadn't
discussed it and she's just told me that she's coming back soon .

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