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    Exercises Past Simple Past Continuous

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    This document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 15 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at different times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to accurately complete the sentences.

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    This document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 15 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at different times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to accurately complete the sentences.

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    This document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 15 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at different times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to accurately complete the sentences.

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    Exercises Past Simple Past Continuous

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    This document provides a grammar exercise to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 15 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb form. The sentences describe a variety of actions that were occurring at different times in the past, requiring the use of both the past simple and past continuous tenses to accurately complete the sentences.

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    PAST SIMPLE

    PAST CONTINUOUS
    Exercise 1:
    Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Past Simple or Past
    Continuous).
    1. A: What (you, do) ___________________ when you heard that noise?
    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 Brian (be) ___________________ too
    weak to go to work and that he (need) ___________________ to stay at home for a
    couple of days.
    4. My best friend (arrive) ___________________ at my house a little before 9:00 pm,
    but I (be, not) ___________________ there. I (study) ___________________ at the
    library for my final examination in Italian.
    5. John is in the living room working on his computer. At this time yesterday, he (work,
    also) ___________________ on his computer. That's all he 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 gym.
    7. When I (walk) ___________________ into the busy office, the secretaries (talk)
    ___________________ on the phone with customers, a clerk (work, busily)
    ___________________ at his desk, and two managers (discuss, quietly)
    ___________________ methods to improve customer service.

    W. B. F. L. - www.ispilledthebeans.com

    PAST SIMPLE
    PAST CONTINUOUS
    8. I (watch) ___________________ a thriller on T.V. when the electricity went
    out. Now I am never going to find out how the film ends.
    9. Samantha (be) ___________________ in the room when Bob (tell)
    ___________________ me what happened, but she 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 store, a couple of merchants (bargain, noisily)
    __________________ 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. I was very upset! He (leave, always) ___________________ his dirty dishes
    in the sink. I think he (expect) ___________________ me to do them up for him.
    15. Samantha (live) __________________ in Cambridge for more than two years. In fact,
    she (live) ___________________ there when I was a student.

    W. B. F. L. - www.ispilledthebeans.com

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