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Past Simple / Past Continuous (2) : 1.-Complete The Sentences With The Verbs in Brackets Into The

1. The document provides instructions and examples for using the past simple and past continuous tenses correctly in sentences. It includes 20 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb form. The sentences cover common scenarios involving two simultaneous or sequential past actions.

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Past Simple / Past Continuous (2) : 1.-Complete The Sentences With The Verbs in Brackets Into The

1. The document provides instructions and examples for using the past simple and past continuous tenses correctly in sentences. It includes 20 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate verb form. The sentences cover common scenarios involving two simultaneous or sequential past actions.

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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).

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