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Past Simple VS Past Continuous

1. The document contrasts the past simple and past continuous tenses by providing example sentences using each tense form. It includes 30 sentences with blanks to be filled in with either the past simple or past continuous form of verbs. The purpose is to practice using these two past verb tenses in different linguistic contexts.

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Past Simple VS Past Continuous

1. The document contrasts the past simple and past continuous tenses by providing example sentences using each tense form. It includes 30 sentences with blanks to be filled in with either the past simple or past continuous form of verbs. The purpose is to practice using these two past verb tenses in different linguistic contexts.

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Past simple VS Past Continuous

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.
9.-Sarah …………… (run) to catch the bus, when she ………. (fall) down and ……… (break)
her ankle.
10.-Richard ……………….. (teach) at the university when he ……….. (meet) his wife.
11. I ……………………...(watch) TV when she ………………………....(call).
12. When the phone ……………………(ring), she ………………….…. (write) a letter.
13. While we ……………….….(have) the picnic, it (start)…………………. to rain.
14. What (you, do)…………….…. when the earthquake ………………..…(start) ?
15. I ………………..(listen) to my iPod, so I ……………..…..(not, hear) the fire alarm.
16. You ………………(listen) to me when I ………….……..(tell) you to turn the oven
off.
17. While John …………………..(sleep) last night, someone …………….(steal) his car.
18. Sammy …………………(wait) for us when we ……………(get off) the plane.
19. While I ………………………….(write) the email, the computer suddenly went off.
20. Last night, she………………..…(call) Pizza Hut and the delivery
man……………………..(deliver) her order right away.
21. A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?
B: I ………………………………(snowboard).
22. When I ……………………...(walk) into the office, several people ………………..
(watch) news on CNN.
23. They………………………..(meet) my parents at eight this morning.
24. The salesman ……………….(help) the customer when the thief ………………...
(come) into the store.
25. While I ………………………….… (study), she …………………………..…(cook).
26. Children……………………..(talk), when I……………………(fall) asleep.
27. What……………………………..(she,do) during her holiday last month?
28. While I………………………….(take ) a bath, Suze…………………..(fix) the door.
29. Yesterday we …………………….(play) at the park. I ………………………..(throw)
the wood stick and my dog……………………….(catch) it for me.
30. What……………………………………..(you, do) during the Math class this morning?

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