Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Continuous or Past Simple.
1. I …………………………… (see) Mary in town yesterday but she (not/see) …………………………… me. She………………………… (look) the other way.
2. I …………………………… (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man…………………………… (step) out into the road in front of me, I…………………………… (go) quite fast but luckily I …………………………… (manage) to stop in time and ………………………… (not/hit) him.
3. I………………………… (walk) home when I ………………………… (meet) Dan.
4. Tom ………………………… (burn) his hand when he …………………… (cook) the dinner.
5. The telephone …………………………… (ring) while I …………......………… (have) a bath.
6. Beethoven …………......………… (write) nine symphonies. He …………………………….. (write) another symphony when he died.
7. Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He ................................... (make) the first one in five minutes. He .................................... (make) the second one when his guests ............................ (arrive) and they .............................. (help) him to finish it.
8. The artist Gaudi ............................... (design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he ............................... (start) work on a church. He ................................. (work) on the church when he .............................. (die).
9. Last month a bank robber ................................... (escape) while the police ...................................... (take) him to prison. Later they ................................ (catch) him again, and this time they ........................................ (lock) him up without any problem.
10.Philip’s football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they ...................................... (lose), but in the end they ............................... (win) the game by 4 goals to 2.
11.John Lennon .................................... (sing) and ......................................... (play) on many records with The Beatles. He ............................................ (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman ........................................... (shoot) him.
12.Yesterday afternoon I ................................................ (study) at home after school when I ......................................... (hear) a loud noise. I .................................... (run) outside. It ................................... (rain) and it ..................................... (be) cold. I ............................................ (see) that smoke ...................................... (come) slowly out of the next house. My father suddenly ........................................ (arrive) and we ................................................ (phone) the fire-brigade because we could hear that some people ........................................ (call) for help. While we ................................... (wait) for the fire-engine to come, I ............................................. (decide) to investigate.
Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple:
1.I (have)____had____a busy day yesterday
2.My parents (buy)___bought______this house 20 years ago
3.I (phone)____phoned_____her last night but she (not answer)_____didn't answer___
4.Her mother (take)____took____her to the zoo last Suday
5.__Were_____you (be) at home yesterday morning?
6.He (come)____came_____into the room, (turn)__turned______on the TV , (sit)___sat____on the sofa and (begin)____began___watching TV
7.I (not do)_didn't do______my homework last night , I (go) __went_____out with my friend
8.When_____did__you (start)___start____learning English?
9.He wishes he (be)___was___a millionaire
10.what would you do if you (win)___won____lottery?
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