Question

EXERCISE NUMBER ONE
PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE EXERCISE
 Students will develop different exercises to differentiate the use of simple past and Past Progressive.
A. Choose Past Simple or Past Progressive, (make the Past Simple or Past Progressive).
1. I ………………. (sit) in a café when you …………………… (call).
2. When you ……………. (arrive)………at the party, who ………………. (be) there?
3. Susie ………………. (watch) a film when she ………(hear) the noise.
4. Yesterday I ………… (go) to the library, next I ……………(have) a swim, later I ………(meet) Julie for coffee.
5. We …………. (play)……. tennis when John………(hurt) this ankle.
6. What ………. (they/do) at 10 pm last night – it was really noisy?
7. He ………… (take) …………. a shower when the telephone ………. (ring).
8. When I………………. (walk) into the room, everyone …………. (work).
9. It ……………. (be) a day last September. The sun ……………(shine) and the birds …………. (sing). I …………. (walk) along the street when I …………. (meet) an old friend.
10. He ……………. (live) in Russia when the Revolution ……………(start).
B. State the following in negative and interrogative form:
1. He was singing when we arrived. (a. He wasn’t singing when we arrived. B. Was he singing when we arrived?).
2. I was telephoning when I thought about it.
3. It was raining when I got up.
4. The snow was falling when we went out.
5. They were playing cards when we came.
6. He was driving very fast when the accident happened.
7. They were having dinner when we arrived.
8. He was reading the newspaper when I saw him.
9. She was sleeping when I called her.
10. They were playing tennis when we got there.

Ayuda por favor

Answer 1

Respuesta:

sat

called

arrived

was

was watching

heared

go

had

met

where playing

hurted

were they doing

was taking

rang

walked

was working

was

was shining

sing

was walking

met

was living

started

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