Past Simple or Past Continuous

Past Simple or Past Continuous

Exercise 1

Put the verbsin brackets in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. Mr. Smith never ____________ (wake) up in time in the morning and always ____________ (get) into trouble for being late; so one day he _____________ (go) to town and _____________ (buy) an alarm clock.

2. Why ____________________ (you/interrupt) me just now? I ______________ (have) a very interesting conversation with Mr. Pitt.

3. I _____________ (see) Sue in town yesterday, but she ______________ (not/see) me. She _______________ (look) the other way.

4. When I ______________ (look) through your books I _______________ (notice) that you have a copy of “The Satanic Verses”.

5. She said that she ____________ (not like) her present flat and ____________ (try) to find another.

6. She said that she ____________ (be) on holiday. I ____________ (say) that I _____________ (hope) that she _____________ (enjoy) herself.

7. I ____________________ (just/write) a cheque when I ______________ (remember) that I ______________ (have) nothing in the bank.

8. When I last ______________ (see) her, she ____________ (hurry) along the road to the station. I ______________ (ask) her where she ____________ (go) and she ______________ (say), “London”, but I don’t think she ______________ (speak) the truth because there ______________ (not be) any train for London at that time.

9. I lit the fire at 6 and it ______________ (burn) brightly when Tom came in at 7.

10. When I arrived she ______________ (have) dinner. She apologized for starting without me but said that she ____________________ (always/dine) at 8 o’clock.

11. It’s strange that you ______________ (call) because I ____________________ (just/think) about you.

12. Sharon was I the room when John ______________ (tell) me what had happened, but she _______________ (not/hear) anything because she ____________________ (not/listen).

13. I _______________ (watch) a mystery movie on T. V. when the electricity _______________ (go) out. Now I’m never going to find out how it ends.

14. We ______________ (be) in a very difficult position. We ______________ (not/know) what to do.

15. The Titanic ______________ (cross) the Atlantic when it ______________ (strike) an iceberg.

16. After I ______________ (find) the wallet full of money, I ____________________ (immediately/go) to the Police and ______________ (turn) it in.

17. The doctor _____________ (say) that Tom was too sick to go to work and that he ______________ (need) to stay at home for a few days.

18. Sebastian ______________ (arrive) at Susan’s house at a little before 9 p. m., but she ______________ (not/be) there. She ______________ (study) at the library for her final examination in French.

19. When I _______________ (come home, Sandy was in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she ___________________ (also/watch) television. That’s all she ever does!

20. While he ______________ (make) a speech, the Prime Minister suddenly _______________ (faint). But someone _______________ (bring) him a glass of water, so after a few minutes he _______________ (rise) and _______________ (go) on with his speech.

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