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    Exercises Simple Past and Past Continuous

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    1. When the accident occurred, I was trying to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I found the wallet full of money, I went immediately to the police and turned it in. 3. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he needed to stay home for a couple of days.

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    1. When the accident occurred, I was trying to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I found the wallet full of money, I went immediately to the police and turned it in. 3. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he needed to stay home for a couple of days.

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    1. When the accident occurred, I was trying to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I found the wallet full of money, I went immediately to the police and turned it in. 3. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he needed to stay home for a couple of days.

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    1. When the accident occurred, I was trying to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I found the wallet full of money, I went immediately to the police and turned it in. 3. The doctor said that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he needed to stay home for a couple of days.

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    Ina Thursday, May 26, 2011

    Exercises
    Simple Past / Past Continuous

    Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
    tenses:

    1. A: What (you, do) when the accident occurred?


    B: I (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

    2. After I (find) the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)


    to the police and (turn) it in.

    3. The doctor (say) that Tom (be) too sick to go to work and
    that he (need) to stay at home for a couple of days.

    4. Sebastian (arrive) 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) television. That's all she ever does!

    6. A: I (call) 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) on


    the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) at their desks, and
    two managers (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer
    service.
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    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
    Ina Thursday, May 26, 2011

    didn't hear anything because she (listen, not) .

    10. It's strange that you (call) because I (think, just) about
    you.

    11. The Titanic (cross) the Atlantic when it (strike) an


    iceberg.

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


    and (try) to sell their goods to naive tourists who
    (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead) their donkeys
    through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue)
    over the price of a leather belt. I (walk) over to a man who (sell)
    fruit and (buy) a 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) her dirty dishes in the
    sink. I think she (expect, actually) me to do them for her.

    15. Samantha (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live)
    there when the Berlin Wall came down.

    Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate
    tenses:

    Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) . She said she
    (call) me on her cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked
    her if she (wait) for class, but she said that the professor was at the front
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    of the hall lecturing while she (talk) to me. I couldn't believe she (make)
    a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

    She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep,
    Ina Thursday, May 26, 2011

    actually) in class. Some of the students (talk) about


    their plans for the weekend and the student next to her (draw) a picture
    of a horse. When Angela (tell) me she was not satisfied with the class, I
    (mention) that my biology professor was quite good and (suggest)
    that she switch to my class.

    While we were talking, I (hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are you making a
    phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) up the phone and
    went to the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) vegetables for a salad, the
    phone rang once again. It (be) Angela, but this time she wasn't sitting in
    class.
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