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Verb Tenses Tutorial Exercise 3

Simple Past / Past Continuous

1. A: What (you, do) when the accident occurred?

B: I (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

2. After I (find) ....... the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) to the police and (turn)

............... it in.

3. The doctor (say) ............... that Tom (be) too sick to go to work and that he (need)

.................. to stay at home for a couple of days.

4. Sebastian (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 pm, but she (be, not)

................................. there. She (study, at the library) for her final examination in French.

5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also)

................... television. That's all she ever does!

6. A: I (call) ............ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you?

B: I (work) out at the fitness center.

7. When I (walk) ................ into the busy office, the secretary (talk) on the phone with a

customer, several clerks (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers (discuss, quietly)

............. methods to improve customer service.

8. I (watch) a mystery movie on T.V. when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to

find out how the movie ends.

9. Sharon (be) .................. in the room when John (tell)me what had happened, but she didn't

hear anything because she (listen, not) .................

10. It's strange that you (call) ................. because I (think, just) about you.

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

12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily) ............... and (try) to

sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead)

................... their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue)

..................over the price of a leather belt. I (walk) .................... over to a man who (sell) .................

fruit and (buy) a banana.

13. The firemen (rescue) .......... the old woman who (be)trapped on the third floor of the burning

building.

14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she

(expect, actually) me to do them for her.

15. Samantha (live) .................. in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) there

when the Berlin wall came down.


Verb Tenses Tutorial Exercise 4

Simple Past / Past Continuous

Last night, while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) ............. She said she (call) me on her

cell phone from her biology classroom at UCLA. I asked her if she (wait) for class, but she

said that the professor was at the front of the hall lecturing while she (talk) to me. I couldn't be-

lieve she (make) a phone call during the lecture. I asked what was going on.

She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep, actually) in

class. Some of the students (talk) about their plans for the weekend and the student next to

her (draw) ................ a picture of a horse. When Angela (tell) me she was not satisfied

with the class, I (mention) .............. that my biology professor was quite good and (sugest)..............

that she switch to my class. While we were talking, I (hear) her professor yell, "Miss, are

you making a phone call?" Suddenly, the line went dead. I (hang) up the phone and went to

the kitchen to make dinner. As I (cut) vegetables for a salad, the phone rang once again. It (be)

............. Angela, but this time she (not sit ) in class​

Answer 1

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