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Put The Verbs Into The Correct Tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive)

The document provides 21 sentences with verbs missing and instructs the reader to put the verbs into either the simple past or past progressive tense. It describes a series of events that occurred in the past including doing chores, playing music, eating, hearing noises, working, passing by, going to school, wanting to come inside, visiting a castle, seeing an accident, not understanding, getting up, deciding to go cycling, going to a shed, cycling past villages, mowing grass, picking strawberries, a cloud appearing and starting to rain, being noticed and told to come in, sitting inside, the sun coming out again, thanking and moving on.

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Put The Verbs Into The Correct Tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive)

The document provides 21 sentences with verbs missing and instructs the reader to put the verbs into either the simple past or past progressive tense. It describes a series of events that occurred in the past including doing chores, playing music, eating, hearing noises, working, passing by, going to school, wanting to come inside, visiting a castle, seeing an accident, not understanding, getting up, deciding to go cycling, going to a shed, cycling past villages, mowing grass, picking strawberries, a cloud appearing and starting to rain, being noticed and told to come in, sitting inside, the sun coming out again, thanking and moving on.

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Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past progressive).

1. When I (do)___________ the washing-up, I (break)___________ a plate.


2. While Tom (play)__________ the piano, his mother (do)__________ the
washing-up.
3. He (drink)___________ some juice and then he (eat)___________ a few chips.
4. I (have)____________ dinner when I suddenly (hear)__________ a loud bang.
5. When my father (work)______________ in the garden, an old
friend (pass)___________ by to see him.
6. She (go)______________ to school, (take)___________ out her textbook
and (begin)___________ to learn.
7. When it (start)___________ to rain, our dog (want)_________ to come inside.
8. When Jane (do)_____________ a language course in Ireland,
she (visit)_______________ Blarney Castle.
9. When I (be)___________ on my way home, I (see)___________ an accident.
10.I (not / understand)_____________ what they (talk)___________ about.
11.When I (get)__________ up yesterday, the sun (shine)___________.
12.It (is)__________ a beautiful morning.
13.So I (decide)____________ to cycle around a little.
14.I (go)_____________ to the shed and (take)_____________ out my bike.
15.While I (cycle)_____________ past some villages, I (see)_____________ some
people in their gardens.
16.One man (mow)______________ the grass while his
wife (pick)______________ strawberries.
17.After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud
suddenly (appear)_____________ and it (start)___________ to rain.
18.Luckily, a farmer (notice)___________ me and (tell)___________ me to come
in.
19.While it (rain)___________ outside, I (sit)_______________ in the farmer's
house.
20.After a while, the sun (come)_______________ out again.
21.I (thank)__________ the farmer for his hospitality and (move)___________ on.

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