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    SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous

    A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

    1. Alice hurt herself while she …was skating…. (skate).


    2. I met my neighbor while I …was walking…. (walk) home from work.
    3. Sally saw a friend while she ……was riding……….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
    4. Peter fell asleep while he ……was studing…………… (study).
    5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ……were dancing………….. (dance) together.
    6. I cut myself while I …was shaving……. (shave).
    7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they ……were baking... (bake) cookies.
    8. Tommy had a nightmare while he ……was slipping….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.

    B) How did it happen?

    1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)


    ………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. ………………………….
    2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes)
    ……He burn himself while she was ironing his clothes…….
    3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions)
    ……She cut herself while she was slicing onins……
    4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire)
    …She met her husband while she was fixing a flat tire…
    5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate)
    …Marvin break his arm , while hi was skating…
    6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle)
    …I lose my wallet, while I was riding my bicycle……
    7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach)
    …Jeff meet his wife, while he was swimming at the beach……
    8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother)
    …Bob get a black eye, while he was fighting with hi brother..…
    9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast)
    …They burn themselves, while they were making breakfast..…
    10. How did Martha fall? (dance)
    …She fall , while she was dancing……

    C) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

    1. He …was talking….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
    2. They ……studied…… (study) two hours last night.
    3. Jane …was sleeiping…………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
    4. As I …was walking…. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
    5. We ……watched…….. (watch) TV last night.
    6. The customer …was paing… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
    7. The barber …cut …. (cut) my hair yesterday.
    8. She ……was dancing…. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
    9. It ……was raining…. (rain) hard when I got up.
    10. It …rained……. (rain) hard last night.

    D) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
    the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

    1. Sally …………………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone …………………..


    (knock) on the door.
    2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred …………………………… (come) at seven-
    thirty. I ……………………………… (study) when Fred ……………………….. (come).
    3. While I ………………………………. (study) last night, Fred ……………………………
    (drop by) to visit me.
    4. My roommate’s parents …………………………………. (call) him last night while we
    …………………………………….. (watch) TV.
    5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
    ……………………………….. (come) home, I ………………………………….. (talk) to
    my mother on the phone.
    6. Yesterday Tom and Janice ……………………… (go) to the zoo around one. They
    ………………………… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two
    hours. While they …………………………… (walk) home, it …………….…….. (begin)
    to rain, so they …………………………….. (stop) at a small café and ……………………
    (have) a cup of coffee.
    7. Yesterday afternoon I ………………………… (go) to visit the Parker family. When I
    …………………….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker ………………….. (be)
    in the yard. She ………………………………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker
    ……………………….. (be) in the garage. He ……………………………….. (work) on
    their car. He …………………………….. (change) the oil.

    E) What’s the question?

    how what where

    how long what kind of who

    1. ……………..Who did you visit …………….? I visited my cousin.


    2. ……………………………………………….? We talked about my job.
    3. ……………………………………………….? She went to the beach.
    4. ……………………………………………….? She met her friend.
    5. ……………………………………………….? They spoke Russian.
    6. ……………………………………………….? They swam in the ocean.
    7. ……………………………………………….? He had dinner at 8:00.
    8. ……………………………………………….? I baked an apple pie.
    9. ……………………………………………….? She cried because her dog ran away.
    10. ……………………………………………….? I stayed for a week.
    11. ……………………………………………….? I came home by train.
    12. ……………………………………………….? He ate three hamburgers.
    13. ……………………………………………….? He left the restaurant at 9:00.
    14. ……………………………………………….? She wrote a letter to her mother.
    15. ……………………………………………….? They studied all morning.
    16. ……………………………………………….? We took a lot of photographs.
    17. ……………………………………………….? We sent a postcard to our teacher.
    18. ……………………………………………….? He fell asleep during the lecture.
    19. ……………………………………………….? I lost my wallet while I was skating.
    20. ……………………………………………….? They covered their eyes because they were
    scared.

    F) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

    1. It was very cold. The sun ………. was not shining. …………………. (not / shine)
    2. It wasn’t a stormy night. The wind ……………………………………. (not / blow)
    3. He wasn’t sleeping. He …………………………………….. (look) at the ceiling.
    4. They were having a rest. They …………………………………….. (not / work).
    5. They were very happy. They …………………………………. (enjoy) the party.
    6. He was at home. He ………………………………. (watch) a movie on TV.
    7. He was getting worse. He …………………………………… (not / recover).
    8. We …………………………………. (travel) in the north of Turkey when we were on
    holiday.
    9. She …………………………………. (drive) so fast when the accident happened.
    10. I …………………………………(not / sleep) when you came in.

    G) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or
    the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

    1. While they ……………………………… (travel) to China, Marco …………………….


    (keep) a diary.
    2. Mrs. White …………………………………. (drive) past a house in Main Street when she
    ……………………… (see) the ground floor on fire.
    3. While he ………………………………. (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot ……………..
    (see) sharks approaching the swimmers.
    4. The fireman ……………………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he
    ………………………… (hear) someone’s shouts.
    5. She …………………… (die) while she ………………………….. (run) after a bus.
    6. We ……………………………….. (have) dinner when the electricity ……………………
    (go) off.
    7. She ………………………………… (think) of something else while you ………………..
    (talk) to her.
    8. I ……………………….. (see) her while I …………………………………. (look) out of
    the window.
    9. While the teacher ………………………………….. (talk), the students …………………..
    (look) at an insect on the ceiling.

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