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    Past Simple and Past Continuous Ex. 1. Inflect These Verbs in PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS and Write One Sentence With Each Word As in The Example

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    PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS

    Ex. 1. Inflect these verbs in PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS and write one sentence with each
    word as in the example.
    e.g. write
    I wrote / was writing We wrote/ were writing
    You wrote / were writing You wrote/ were writing
    He/ she wrote/ was writing They wrote / were writing
    We wrote an English test yesterday. / I was writing a letter yesterday at 7 o’clock.
    1. read 4. think 7. fly
    2. teach 5. wear 8. be
    3. do 6. swim 9. read

    Ex. 2. Fill in the correct form of Past Simple.


    1-When………… (be) the last time you…………. (tidy) your room?
    2-They …………. (go) to Malta last month.
    3-Yesterday we…………. (cut) the grass, then we………….. (wash) the car.
    4-When we…………… (go) to Europe last year we………… (drive) through France and Italy.
    5-They………………. (not / play) my favourite song at the concert yesterday.
    6-The last time I ………….. (have) a haircut was two weeks ago.
    7-My sister………….. (make) a beautiful cake yesterday and I ………….. (cook) dinner.
    8-Sally………………… (not / visit) her grandparents last Christmas, so she…………… (write) them a letter.
    9-Yesterday we……………. (take) the camera with us, but we ……………. (not / take) any pictures.

    Ex.3. Complete the sentences. Use Past Simple and Past Continuous.
    1-It was raining………………..(rain) when we…went out……………….(go out).
    2-I …opened……………..(open) the window because it was hot.
    3-When I got to the office, Ann and Peter …were working……………(work).
    4-The phone…rang………….(ring) while Sue was cooking……………..(cook) dinner.
    5-I …heard……………..(hear) a noise, so I…looked……………..(look) out of the window.
    6-Tom was looking………………(look) out of the window when the accident…happened……………
    (happen).
    7-Bruce had a book in his hand, but he wasn’t reading……………(not / read) it. He was watching…………..
    (watch) TV.
    8-Eric bought a magazine, but she…didn’t read………….(not / read) it. She didn’t have time.
    9-I…finished…………..(finish) lunch,…paid……………(pay), and…left…………..(leave)the restaurant.
    10-I …saw…….(see) Kate this morning. I was walking…………(walk) along the street, and she was
    waiting…………. (wait) for the bus.

    Ex.4. Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous.


    One day I (play) was playing football with some friends, when I (see)_saw__________four boys on a
    bridge nearby. They (laugh)_were laughing___________and (shout)__shouting___________and I was
    wondering (wonder) what they (do) _were doing__________ . Then I (notice)_noticed__________that they
    (wave)_were waving___________a puppy in the air. When the boys (see)_saw_________me they (throw)
    threw______________the puppy over the bridge and it (fall)___fell_____________into the river. They
    (run)_ran_____________off laughing. I (jump)__jumped _________over the wall,
    (run)___ran__________down to the river and (leap)__lept___________into the water. I
    (grab)__grabbed_________the puppy and (swim) _swam___________ back to the safety. My friends, who
    (stand)_were standing___________on the bridge, (clap) were clapping____________ . I was a hero.

    Ex.5. Fill in the correct forms of Past Simple or Past Continuous.


    1. Yesterday she (go)____________________to school by car.
    2. I (play) ____________________tennis yesterday, but I __________________(do not)win.
    3. Eric( read) __________________book when the telephone _____________(ring).
    4. It (rain) _________________when I __________________(get) up.
    5. ____________________( watch) you the movie on television last night?

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