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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous - Complete

The document provides examples of sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses, with a blank to be filled in with the correct form of the given verb. There are sentences describing actions happening at a specific time in the past and actions that were ongoing up until another past time or event.

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Past Simple Vs Past Continuous - Complete

The document provides examples of sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses, with a blank to be filled in with the correct form of the given verb. There are sentences describing actions happening at a specific time in the past and actions that were ongoing up until another past time or event.

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María José Ocaña Santos
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Past Simple vs.

Past Continuous

 Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I ________________ TV (watch)


 The police arrested the murderer when he ________________ an old woman
(attack)
 My uncle ________________ all his fortune playing in casinos (lose)
 Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost ________________ its banks
(burst)
 Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans________________
(fight)
 Last Friday my father________________ to Paris to visit my brother, who works
there (go)
 They________________ the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (finish)
 My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema because
she________________ (study)
 When the teacher entered the classroom the students________________ very
loudly (speak)
 That terrible accident________________ yesterday evening (happen)
 Last night when the thieves________________ into my house I was sleeping
(break)
 My parents________________ in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (get
married)
 The Socialist Party________________ the last elections and is now in power
(win)
 The other day when I________________ tennis I hurt my leg (play)
 Philip________________ at home in very strange circumstances (die)
 Susan________________ Law in the university of Madrid (study)
 Yesterday when you came home I________________ the dog (walk)
 The plane________________ into the mountains due to the weather
conditions (crash)
 He________________ late at the station and missed his train (arrive)
 The mother went to calm her little baby because she________________ (cry)
 My neighbour________________ a heart attack last year and still hasn't fully
recovered (have)
 This morning while my friends played football I________________ my
homework (do)
 Last summer we______________ to the south of Spain for our holidays (go)
 Last night it was raining when we________________ the Theatre (leave)

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