Ex.72 Complete the sentences with the Simple Past or the Past Continuous of the verbs in parentheses.

Ex. 71. Put the verbs in the correct tense, Past Continuous or Past Simple.

1. I ____________ (watch) TV at home, when someone _____________ (come) to the door.

2. My mother ___________ (phone) while I _____________ (prepare) dinner.

3. When we ____________ (arrive) home, some friends ____________ (wait) for us.

4. As I _____________ (walk) along the street, I _____________ (see) an old friend.

5. When I _____________ (wake) up, everyone ____________ (look) at me.

6. Jane _____________ (see) another guest who _____________ (wear) exactly the same hat!

7. While they (fight) _____________, the teacher (arrive) ________.

8. When I (come) ____________ home, Tom (sleep) ___________.

9. He (sit) _______________ in the garden when the house (fall) ________ down.

10. Dan (watch) ________________ TV yesterday at five.

11. We (run) _______________ towards the bus when the storm (begin) ________.

12. Betty and Mike (cross) ____________ the street when the lights (turn) ______ red.

13. While I (phone) ____________ you, the doorbell (ring) _________.

14. Yarden and Tom (wash) _______________ the dishes while Tali and Ronit (play) ____ outside.

15. It (start) __________ to rain while I (walk) ____________ home.

16. When the police (arrive) _____________ the thieves (not be) _________ around.

17. Mr. Stealer (break out) ________________ of jail last night.

18. I (read) _______________ in my room when all the lights (go) __________ out.

19. I (not know) _______________ that while I (look) _____________ for Ali and Ron, they (look) ______________ for me as well.

20. While she (lie) _______________ in bed, she (hear) ___________ a noise in the other room.

21. We (tour) _______________ Thailand at this time last year.

22. While we (stand) ________________ in line in the bank, two bank robbers (enter) ______________ and (begin) ____________ to shout.

23. While you (study) _____________ English, I (have) ____________ fun.

24. My neighbors (have) _____________ a party while I (try) ____________ to sleep.

25. Simon and I (play) _________________ football when we (see) ________them.

26. _________________ (you/just leave) the house when I (phone) _________?

27. __________________ (you/hear) what I just (say)_________? Sorry, I (not listen) _________________.

28. _______________ (the doctor/see) any more patients after I (leave)_________?

29. When _______________________ (she/return) from Eilat?

30. _________________ (they/sleep) when you (arrive) _________?

1. Yesterday I (to clean) ……………….. my apartment from the time I (to get up) ……………. to the time I (to go) …………………. to bed.

2. When the balloon (to burst)………………., everyone (to be startled)………………….

3. Emily accidentally (to stick) ………………… her finger with a needle while she (to sew) ………………...

4. Maria promised to help us. I hope she (to mean) ……………… what she said.

5. While the artist (to paint) ………………… her portrait, she (to admire) ………………… his handsome profile.

6. I (to write) …………………… to him for a while, then I (to stop) …………………… writing.

7. There (not to be) …………………….. anything (to cook) ……………….. on the stove when I got home.

8. The team (to celebrate) ……………………. it’s victory at the Olympics all night long.

9. I left myself in with my key and made my way upstairs. Crystal and Arthur (to sit) ……………….. at the table. They both (to rise) ………………… when I (to enter)……………...

10. I couldn’t understand why he (to be) ……………………selfish. He wasn’t usually like that.

11. She was very nervous. She (to tear) ……………………. her dress while she (to change) …………….

12. Mother looked at her son. He (to smell) …………………. the soup. She (to see) ………………. that the boy (not to want) ………………….. to eat the soup.

13. We entered our own flat. I (to pick up) …………………… two letters which (to lie) …………………. on the floor.

14. It was already late. As I (to stop) ………………. at the bar to have a drink I (to see) ………………. them talking it over.

15. He asked me what work I (to do) ……………… and whether I (to intend) ………………… to go to the University.

16. She told me last night that she (to go) …………………….. for a swim if she (to wake) ……………… early.

Ex.73 Use the Simple Past or the Past Continuous in the following sentences containing “as” clauses, “ while” – clauses and “ when ” - clauses.

1. It (to be) idle chitchat as they (to drive) along.

2. While the uniformed attendant (to usher) the last strugglers through the great glass-paneled double doors, the manager (to sit) in his office interviewing Raymond Hewson.

3. It (to rain) as I (to walk) up the hill towards the station at six o clock on a Saturday.

4. The driver was injured. A young woman (to hurry) into the station and (to phone) for an ambulance while I (to take) care of the driver. The poor man (to groan) quietly when the ambulance (to arrive.) at high speed and (to rush) him away to hospital.

5. John (to take) a photograph of me while I (not to look).

6. When she (to come) back an hour later, Daphne still (to work). She never remembered to eat when she (to write).

7. She (to pick up) her handbag and (to walk) out the door as Barbara (to watch her).

8. The doorbell (to ring) while I (to take) a bath.

9. I (to walk) along the road when I (to see) Dave. So I (to stop) and (to have) a chat.

10. The Caliph decided to go to the market and investigate. When he (to find) the man in black, he (to speak) to him angrily.

11. John (to manage) to use his crib while the teacher (not to look).

12. When I first (to see) Alan, he (to try) to find a job in London.

Ex.74 Using the simple past and past continuous tenses with when and while, tell a story using the following information.

Example: This morning, everything went wrong at the Peterson

household. Last night when Dave went to bed, he forgot

to set the alarm. At 8:35 a.m., Dave...

8:35 a.m. wakes up late

8:36-8:38 a.m. takes a shower

8:39 a.m. gets out of the shower

8:39 a.m. falls on the floor

8:39-8:40 a.m. shaves

8:40 a.m. cuts his face

8:40 a.m. throws the razor on the floor

8:41-8:42 a.m. gets dressed

8:42 a.m. tears a hole in his shirt

8:43 a.m. finds a new shirt

8:44 a.m. makes coffee

8:45 a.m. pours the coffee

8:45 a.m. spills coffee on his shirt

8:46-8:47 a.m. looks for another clean shirt

8:47 a.m. the doorbell rings

8:47 a.m. runs to the door, but no one is there

8:48 a.m. loses his temper

8:48 a.m. goes back to the bedroom

8:50 a.m. lies down and goes back to sleep

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