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Past Simple Past Continuous

1. The document provides a grammar exercise with 20 sentences that are missing verbs. Learners are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct past simple or past continuous tense of the verbs provided in brackets. 2. An answer key is provided with the completed sentences using the appropriate past tense verbs. The exercise focuses on practicing using the past simple and past continuous tenses to describe events that happened in the past. 3. The document provides a grammar drill for learners to practice forming sentences using common verbs in the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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Past Simple Past Continuous

1. The document provides a grammar exercise with 20 sentences that are missing verbs. Learners are asked to fill in the blanks with the correct past simple or past continuous tense of the verbs provided in brackets. 2. An answer key is provided with the completed sentences using the appropriate past tense verbs. The exercise focuses on practicing using the past simple and past continuous tenses to describe events that happened in the past. 3. The document provides a grammar drill for learners to practice forming sentences using common verbs in the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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Past Simple / Past Continuous (2)

1.- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the
correct tense Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave)


home this morning.
2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit)
on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it __________
(start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her.
B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but
when he ____________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call.
Perhaps he thought that I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards
me, but I moved quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing
____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your
passport?
B: I don’t remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my
European tour and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live)
there when I met them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus
last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the
disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________
(fall) asleep.
11.- The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory
when they___________ (discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener
___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock
__________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with
a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on
his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus
while you ____________ (come) to school?
17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when
the last class ___________ (finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my
friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________
(explain) this exercise?
20.- Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).
ANSWER KEY

1.- was snowing / left


2.- were sitting / started
3.- was she listening?
4.- was talking on the phone / saw / finished
5.- was coming / moved / happened
6.- were you staying
7.- moved / was living
8.- Were many people waiting
9.- was dancing
10.- was studying / fell asleep
11.- were working / discovered
12.- were climbing / saw
13.- was having / rang
14..- was running / collided
15.- was carrying / dropped
16.- Did you do / you were coming
17.- were reading / finished
18.- arrived / were waiting
19.- were you listening / explained
20.- was playing the piano / was singing

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