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Past Simple and Past Continuous

The document provides examples to practice using the simple past and past continuous tenses. It contains sentences to be completed in the past continuous tense and a short story to be completed using either the simple past or past continuous tense.

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Past Simple and Past Continuous

The document provides examples to practice using the simple past and past continuous tenses. It contains sentences to be completed in the past continuous tense and a short story to be completed using either the simple past or past continuous tense.

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PRACTICING PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS:

*COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE SIMPLE PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. A: What __________(you, do) when the accident occurred?


B: I _______________(try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2. After I___________ (find) the wallet full of money, I___________ (go,


immediately) to the police and ___________ (turn) it in.

3. The doctor ___________ (say) that Tom___________ (be) too sick to go to


work and that he___________ (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Sebastian___________ (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but


she___________ (be, not) there. She___________ (study, at the library) for
her final examination in French.

5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she
___________ (watch, also) television. That's all she ever does!

6. A: I ___________ (call) you last night after dinner, but you___________ (be,
not) there. Where were you?
B: I ___________ (work) out at the fitness center.

7. When I ___________ (walk) into the busy office, the secretary ___________
(talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks ___________ (work, busily)
at their desks, and two managers ___________ (discuss, quietly) methods to
improve customer service.

8. I ___________ (watch) a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out.


Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends.

9. Sharon ___________ (be) in the room when John told me what happened,
but she didn't hear anything because she ___________ (listen, not) .

10. It's strange that you ___________ (call) because I ___________ (think,
just) about you.

11. The Titanic ___________ (cross) the Atlantic when it ___________ (strike)
an iceberg.

12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants___________ (bargain,


busily) and ___________ (try) to sell their goods to naive tourists who
___________ (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys___________ (lead) their
donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men
___________ (argue) over the price of a leather belt. I ___________ (walk)
over to a man who ___________ (sell) fruit and ___________ (buy) a banana.

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13. The firemen ___________ (rescue) the old woman who ___________ (be)
trapped on the third floor of the burning building.

14. She was so annoying! She ___________ (leave, always) her dirty dishes in
the sink. I think she ___________ (expect, actually) me to do them for her.

15. Samantha ___________ (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she
___________ (live) there when the Berlin Wall came down.

• COMPLETE THIS TEXT WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST


CONTINUOUS:

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela___________ (call) .


She said she ___________ (call) me on her cell phone from her biology
classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she ___________ (wait) for class, but
she said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while
she ___________ (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she ___________ (make)
a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the
students ___________ (sleep, actually) in class. Some of the students
___________ (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student
next to her ___________ (draw) a picture of a horse. When Angela
___________ (tell) me she was not satisfied with the class, I ___________
(mention) that my biology professor was quite good and ___________
(suggest) that she switch to my class.

While we were talking, I ___________ (hear) her professor yell, "Miss,


are you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I
___________ (hang) up the phone and went to the kitchen to make
dinner. As I___________ (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone rang
once again. It ___________ (be) Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting
in class.

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