The simple past and the past continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
21 He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.
22 He (not allow) us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind (blow).
23 As I (cross) the road I (step) on a banana skin and (fall) heavily.
24 I still (lie) on the road when I (see) a lorry approaching.
25 Luckily the driver (see) me and (stop) the lorry in time.
26 How you (damage) your car so badly? ~
-I (run) into a lamp-postyesterday. ~
-I suppose you (drive) too quickly or were not looking where you (go).
27 As he (get) into the bus it (start) suddenly and he (fall) backwards on to the road.
29 When he (mend) the fuse he (get) a very bad shock.30 When I (hear) his knock I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not recognize) him at first because I (not wear) my glasses.
31 When I (come) in, they (sit) round the fire. Mr Pitt (do) a crossword puzzle, Mrs Pitt (knit), the others (read). Mrs Pitt (smile) at me and (say), 'Come and sit down.'
32 While the guests (dance) thieves (break) into the house and (steal) a lot of fur coats.
34 She was very extravagant. She always (buy) herself new clothes.
36 Whenever the drummer (begin) practising, the people in the next flat (bang) on
the wall.
37: 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.
38: To get to home , he (have) to go to a field where a bad - temoered bull usually (graze).
21 was cleaning, went, killed
22 didn't allow, was blowing
23 was crossing/crossed, stepped, fell
24 was still lying, saw
25 saw, stopped
26 did you damage, ran, were driving, were going
27 was getting/got, started, fell
28 called, was already getting up
29 was mending/mended, got
30 heard,went, opened, didn't recognize, wasn't wearing
31 were sitting, was doing, was knitting, were reading, smiled, said
32 were dancing, broke, stole
33 knew, were looking, hid, went
34 was always buying
35 told, was spending/spent, listened
36 began, banged
21 He (clean)was cleaning his gun when it accidentally (go) went off and (kill)killed him.
22 He (not allow)didn't allow us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind (blow)was blowing.
23 As I (cross)was crossing the road I (step)stepped on a banana skin and (fall)fell heavily.
24 I still (lie)was lying on the road when I (see)saw a lorry approaching.
25 Luckily the driver (see)saw me and (stop)stopped the lorry in time.
26 How did you (damage)damaged your car so badly? ~
-I (run)ran into a lamp-postyesterday. ~
-I suppose you (drive)drove too quickly or were not looking where you (go)were going.
27 As he (get)was getting into the bus it (start)started suddenly and he (fall)fell backwards on to the road.
29 When he (mend)was mending the fuse he (get)got a very bad shock.
30 When I (hear)heard his knock I (go)went to the door and (open)opened it, but I (not recognize)didn't recognize him at first because I (not wear)wasn't wearing my glasses.
31 When I (come)came in, they (sit)was sitting round the fire. Mr Pitt (do) did a crossword puzzle, Mrs Pitt (knit)knitted, the others (read)read. Mrs Pitt (smile)smiled at me and (say)said, 'Come and sit down.'
32 While the guests (dance)werre dancing thieves (break) broke into the house and (steal)stole a lot of fur coats.