William Tell (Past Simple vs Past Continuous)

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William Tell


This is the legend of William Tell, the national hero of Switserland. There was a very cruel ruler, Hermann Gessler. One day his soldiers arrested William Tell and his son. Gessler knew that Tell was an expert with a crossbow. He took Tell's son and put an apple on his head. He ordered Tell to shoot the apple.

Tell took two arrows and put one in his crossbow. He aimed carefully and hit the apple without touching the boy. While the people were cheering Gessler asked Tell about the second arrow. Tell said, "It's for you."

Gessler was very angry and decided to take Tell to his castle on the other side ofLake Lucerne. While they were crossing the lake a storm started and Tell was able to escape. Later, when Gessler and his soldiers arrived at the castle, Tell was waiting for them there. As they were walking along the path to the castle, Tell jumped out. With his crossbow and the second arrow, Tell killed Gessler. Tell's example encouraged his people to fight for their freedom.


1. Try to divide the words in bold in the text into Past Simple and Past Continuous




2. When do we use Past Simple? And Past Continuous?




3. What is the structure of the Past Simple? And the structure of the Past Contiuous?





4. Have you ever listened to about this legend?What do you think about it? (You can answer these questions speaking)



5. Underline the correct form.
  • Dave arrived/was arriving at Sue's house at 19.30, but she wasn't there. She did/was doing some shopping at the supermarket.
  • At this time last week, we lay/ were lying on a beach in the sun.
  • When I walked/ was walking into the class, the teacher talk/ was talking about the new course.
  • I watched/ was watching the episode on TV when the electricity went off. Can you tell me  what happened/ was happening?
  • Derek told/ was telling me about the match, but I did/was doing something on the computer at the time so I can't tell you what he said/ was saying.

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