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Structure Modul Simple Past Tense & Continuous

The document contains exercises practicing the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. In Exercise 1, students fill in sentences with past tense verbs like "brought", "bought", "met", "ate", and "wrote". Exercise 2 has students correct sentences with errors in subject-verb agreement and tense. Exercise 3 uses the past progressive tense to complete sentences like "The sun was shining". Exercise 4 mixes the simple past and past progressive tenses to complete sentences describing two events happening simultaneously, like "Chris fell off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling."

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Structure Modul Simple Past Tense & Continuous

The document contains exercises practicing the simple past and past progressive tenses in English. In Exercise 1, students fill in sentences with past tense verbs like "brought", "bought", "met", "ate", and "wrote". Exercise 2 has students correct sentences with errors in subject-verb agreement and tense. Exercise 3 uses the past progressive tense to complete sentences like "The sun was shining". Exercise 4 mixes the simple past and past progressive tenses to complete sentences describing two events happening simultaneously, like "Chris fell off the ladder while he was painting the ceiling."

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Structure 1

Exercise 1
Put one of these verbs in each sentence. Use the past simple.
buy eat bring meet write
1. The party was fantastic. Every guest _______brought________ something to
eat and a bottle of wine.
2. I had an extravagant weekend. I _______bought________ some clothes and a
plant.
3. Three weeks ago Tracy _______met________ her best friend in Mallorca.
What a coincidence!
4. When I lived in Italy, we always ______ate_________ lamb at Easter.
5. Shakespeare ______wrote_________ a lot of plays.
Exercise 2
Correct the sentences.
1. Did he went to school yesterday?
Did he go to school yesterday?
_______________________________________________________________
2. Why did you to go home early?
Why did you go to home early?
_______________________________________________________________
3. Where you did learn English?
Where did you learn english?
_______________________________________________________________
4. Did she works today
Did she work today?
_______________________________________________________________
5. Did they last night phone you?
Did they phone you last night?
_______________________________________________________________
Exercise 3
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the past progressive
tense of the verbs provided.
1. The sun _____was shining ___________ (shine) when I woke up this
morning.
2. It _______was raining_________(rain) when I left the office.
3. I _______was eating_________ (eat) dinner when you called me.
4. She got very sick while she _______was traveling_______ (travel) overseas.
5. Martin _______was working________ (work) in the garden when it started to
rain.
6. I ______was cooking__________(cook) dinner when the phone rang.
7. Mr. Johnson cut himself while he ______was shaving_________(shave).
8. She fell asleep while she ________was watching_________ (watch) the
movie.
9. Andrea broke her ankle when she ______was skatinh_______(skate).
10. I saw a bad accident while I _____was driving_________(drive) home.

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Structure 1

11. She found a ten dollar bill while she ______was walking_______ (walk)
home.
12. They ______were speeding_______ (speed) when the accident happened.
13. The baby _____was sleeping_______(sleep) when we got home from the
party.
14. She broke a plate while she _____was doing__________(do) the dishes.
15. When you called, I _______was taking________(take) a shower.

Exercise 4
Complete the following sentences using the correct form (past progressive or
simple past) of the verbs provided.
1. Chris _________fell____________ (fall) off the ladder while he
________was painting_______________ (paint) the ceiling.
2. You ___________were studying______________ (study) when I
___________called______________ (call) you last night?
3. They _____________were driving________ (drive) very fast when the
policeman ___________stoped_________ (stop) them.
4. While I ___________was driving___________ (drive) to work yesterday, I
____________saw___________ (see) an accident.
5. I ________________read____________ (read) a great book last week.
6. My friends ___________droped in________ (drop in) for a visit while I
_________was watching__________ (watch) TV last night.
7. I ________saw_________ (see) Andrea at the party last night. She
_______was wearing__________ (wear) a beautiful dress.
8. The children _______went__________ (go) to bed at 9:00 last night. At
10:00, they __________slept________ (sleep).
9. We ___________had_________ (have) dinner at a new restaurant last night.
While we __________were eating____________ (eat), one of the waiters
______________droped____________ (drop) a tray on the floor.
10. Monty ________worked___________ (work) in his garage last night when he
_________heard________ (hear) a loud noise. He _____was
putting_________ (put) down his tools and _________went___________ (go)
outside into the yard. While he ______was looking____________ (look)
around, someone _________was running______________ (run) out of his
front door. Monty __________called_________ (call) the police. He
_________told_____________ (tell) the police that the robber
__________was wearing______________ (wear) a black ski jacket and jeans.

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