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1. I tried to change a light bulb that had burnt out. After finding the wallet full of money, I immediately turned it in to the police. 2. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and needed to stay at home for a couple of days. 3. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she was also watching television. That's all she ever does!

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Simple Past... Continuous

1. I tried to change a light bulb that had burnt out. After finding the wallet full of money, I immediately turned it in to the police. 2. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and needed to stay at home for a couple of days. 3. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she was also watching television. That's all she ever does!

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Simple Past / Past Continuous

1. A: What (you, do)

B: I (try)

2. After I (find)

the police and (turn)

3. The doctor (say)

he (need)

4. Sebastian (arrive)

when the accident occurred?

to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)

to

it in.

that Tom (be)

too sick to go to work and that

to stay at home for a couple of days.

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)

6. A: I (call)

television. That's all she ever does!

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)

phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily)

managers (discuss, quietly)

on the

at their desks, and two

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)

11. The Titanic (cross)

because I (think, just)

the Atlantic when it (strike)

12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)

about you.

an iceberg.

and (try)

to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt)

souvenirs. Some young boys (lead)

their donkeys through the narrow streets on

their way home. A couple of men (argue)

(walk)

for

over the price of a leather belt. I

over to a man who (sell)

fruit and (buy)

banana.

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)

think she (expect, actually)

her dirty dishes in the sink. I

me to do them for her.

15. Samantha (live)

(live)

in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she

there when the Berlin Wall came down.

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