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A) Choose The Correct Option

The document provides examples of sentences using either the past simple or past continuous tense. For part A, the reader must choose the correct verb tense for 10 sentences. Part B asks the reader to complete 10 sentences by choosing between the past simple or past continuous tense for the missing verbs. The document provides the answers to check the reader's work.

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A) Choose The Correct Option

The document provides examples of sentences using either the past simple or past continuous tense. For part A, the reader must choose the correct verb tense for 10 sentences. Part B asks the reader to complete 10 sentences by choosing between the past simple or past continuous tense for the missing verbs. The document provides the answers to check the reader's work.

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A) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1.-Anthony called/was calling while I parked/was parking the car.

2.-Miranda drove/was driving to work when she saw/was seeing the accident.

3.-Thomas didn’t watch/wasn’t watching the film when Sonia arrived home.

4.-Did he lie/was he lying on the sofa at 5,30 yesterday?

5.-When I left/was leaving the office, the phone rang/was ringing.

6.-It snowed/was snowing in the mountains when we got up yesterday.

7.-Barbara was living/lived in Paris when she was 15 years old.

8.-I was writing/wrote my blog on the Internet while you slept/were sleeping.

9.-While David was recovering/recovered in hospital, I decorated the flat.

10.-When I was waking /woke up, I realized that it was getting /got dark.

B) COMPLETE
THE SENTENCES
USING PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.-Yesterday at 9,30 pm my parents ………… (sit) in the garden ………….. (drink) some Coke.

2.- The chambermaid ……..… (make) my bed in the hotel and ……. (clean) the bathroom while
I was having breakfast.

3.- Somebody ……… (knock) on the door while I ………. (read) the newspaper.

4.-My brother ………… (buy) a lot of books when he …………….. (live) in Cambridge.

5.-William ………… (not meet) Sally at the airport last Sunday.

6.-Jerry …………. (have) dinner when the lights ……….. (go) out.

7.-The girl …………. (feel) ill so she ………………… (not go) to work.

8.-When I ……….. (arrive) at the wedding, Miriam …………. (introduce) me to some friends.

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9.-Sarah …………… (run) to catch the bus, when she ………. (fall) down and ……… (break) her ankle.
A) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1.-Anthony called while I was parking the car.

2.-Miranda was driving to work when she saw the accident.

3.-Thomas wasn’t watching the film when Sonia arrived home.

4.-was he lying on the sofa at 5,30 yesterday?

5.-When I was leaving the office, the phone rang.

6.-It was snowing in the mountains when we got up yesterday.

7.-Barbara lived in Paris when she was 15 years old.

8.-I was writing my blog on the Internet while you were sleeping.

9.-While David was recovering in hospital, I decorated the flat.

10.-When I woke up, I realized that it was getting dark.

B) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.-Yesterday at 9,30 pm my parents WERE SITTING in the garden DRINKING some Coke.

2.- The chambermaid MADE my bed in the hotel and CLEANED the bathroom while I was
having breakfast.

3.- Somebody knocked on the door while I WAS READING the newspaper.

4.-My brother BOUGHT a lot of books when he LIVED/WAS LIVING in Cambridge.

5.-William DIDN’T MEET Sally at the airport last Sunday.

6.-Jerry WAS HAVING dinner when the lights WNET out.

7.-The girl FELT ill so she DIDN’T GO to work.

8.-When I ARRIVED at the wedding, Miriam INTRODUCED me to some friends.


9.-Sarah WAS RUNNING to catch the bus, when she FELL down and BROKE her ankle.

10.-Richard WAS TEACHING at the university when he MET his wife.

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