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Past Simple and Continuous

The document provides 20 sentences with verbs missing and asks to put the verbs into the correct tense of either past simple or past continuous. It tests the ability to identify the tense needed based on time expressions and context clues within each sentence. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations involving actions, states, and events in the past.

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Past Simple and Continuous

The document provides 20 sentences with verbs missing and asks to put the verbs into the correct tense of either past simple or past continuous. It tests the ability to identify the tense needed based on time expressions and context clues within each sentence. The sentences cover a variety of everyday situations involving actions, states, and events in the past.

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PUT THE VERB INTO THE CORRECT TENSE (PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS)

1. They __________________________________ (meet) early this morning.

2. When __________________________________ (you/see) them for the last time?

3. Your sister __________________________________ (call) me to fix a date.

4. I __________________________________ (not see) him on the way to school.

5. They said, they __________________________________ (be) too busy.

6. She __________________________________ (talk) to the mayor when I saw her.

7. She __________________________________ (not eat) a sandwich when you

________________________ (phone) me.

8. He __________________________________ (make) some coffee when I

_____________________________ (come) around.

9. While John __________________________________ (wash) his father's car, I

______________________ (call) him.

10. Melly __________________________________ (read) when her mum came back.

11. When we ___________________________________ (go out) it was raining.

12. I wasn't hungry last night, I ___________________________________(not/eat)


anything

13. When I ___________________________________ (phone) you, you

______________________ (eat) a sandwich..

14. Jane wasn't at home when I went to see her because she ______________________

_____________________ (work)

15. Yesterday at 9am I ___________________________________ (have) breakfast.

16. The postman ___________________________________(come) at about 10.00

17. We ___________________________________(meet) Joan at the party yesterday.

18. The boys ___________________________________(break) a window while they

_________________________ (play) football.

19. I was late but my friends ___________________________________(wait) for me

20. Fred could never agree with Tina. They ___________________________________


(always/argue)

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