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Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Continuous or Simple Past.
1. When I last (see) _____ them, they (try) _____ to find a new flat near the office.
2. I (walk) _____ along the street when I suddenly (feel) _____ something hit me in the back.
3. When we (drive) _____ down the hill, a strange object (appear) _____ in the sky.
4. How fast (she/drive) _____ when the accident (happen) _____?
5. My mother (wait) _____ for me when I (come) _____ home?
6. Mrs. Smith (invite) _____ Mrs. Quyen to have dinner while Mrs. Quyen (visit) _____ the USA.
7. I (not want) _____ to go with him because I (wait) _____ for a phone call.
8. The doorbell (ring) _____ while Tom (watch) _____ TV.
9. It suddenly (begin) _____ to rain while Linda (sit) _____ in the garden.
10. The lights (go) _____ out while we (have) _____ dinner.
Simple past or past sprogressive
1. While the forest ranger...........in the woods, a fire. (walk/ start).
2. A murder of crows......... by while the farmer........ a scarecrow. (fly/build)
BT. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous .
1. While Tom ( read ) ..................., Mai Ly ( watch ) .......................... a documentary on TV.
2. Mark ( come ) ..................... home , ( switch) ...................... on the computer and ( check ) .......................... his emails.
3. The thief ( sneak) ................... into the house, ( steal) .................... the jewels and ( leave) ................ without a trace.
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Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense.
1. Last night I (read) _____ when suddenly I (hear) _____ a shout.
2. The postman (come) _____ while I (have) _____ lunch.
3. When we (go) _____ out, it (rain) _____.
4. (you/watch) _____ TV when I (phone) _____ you?
5. We (meet) _____ Ann at the party yesterday, she (wear) _____ a lovely white dress.
6. The boys (break) _____ the window while they (play) _____ football.
7. I was home late, but my friends (wait) _____ when I (arrive) _____.
8. He said the he (not drive) _____ fast when the accident (happen) _____.
9. Tom (fall) _____ off the ladder while he (paint) _____ the ceiling.
10. What (you/do) _____ at this time yesterday?
Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple of Past Progressive tense.
1. When my uncle (come) _____, we (water) _____ the plants and flowers in the garden.
2. Thu (talk) _____ to her friend, Hoa, on the phone at 8 o'clock last night.
3. Lan (practise) _____ the piano while her sister (read) _____ comics at 7 o'clock last night.
4. The monkeys (climb) _____ up the trees when we (visit) _____ to zoo yesterday morning.
5. Ba (talk) _____ with his classmate when the principal (enter) _____ their classroom.
6. Last night I (make) _____ a cake when the lights (go) _____out.
7. While I (cross) _____ the street, I (step) _____ on a banana skin and (fall) _____ heavily.
8. It (begin) _____ to rain when I (plant) _____ some flowers in the garden.
9. When I (arrive) _____, the teacher (write) _____ on the blackboard.
10. When they (walk) _____ down the stairs, they (hear) _____ a strange noise.
The past continuous or simple past.
1. When I last (see)....them, they (try).....to find a new flat near the office.
2. I (walk).......along the street when I suddenly (feel)...something hit me in the back.
Past simple or past continuous.
1. My car ..............(break) down when I ........ (drive) home from work.
2. Alan ......... ( look) out of the window when he............ (see) a UFO.
3. When he ......... ( see) me, he ........ ( fall) off the wall.
Write the correct form of each verb. Use the past continuous or the past simple.
1.Long ago,a great lion king named Mufasa (live)___________ in Africa. His evil brother , Scar , was supposed to be next king. He (wait) ____________ for his next chance .Then Mufasa's ,Simba , was born, and everything (change)__________. Simba was now next in line to become king. Scar ( become)________ jealous of Simba , so he (make)_______ a terrible plan to kill Mufasa and Simba .
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Read the following fable and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
The Woodcutter and his Axe
One day, a woodcutter (1. cut) _____ a tree on the bank of the river when his axe (2. slip) _____ from his hands and (3. fall) _____ into the water. The poor man (4. be) _____ so sad that he (5. start) _____ to cry bitterly.
At this moment, and angel (6. appear) _____ there and (7. ask) _____ the woodcutter why he (8. cry) _____. He (9. tell) _____ the story, and the angel (10. feel) _____ sorry and (11. drive) _____ into the river to find the lost axe. Later, he (12. appear) _____ from the water with a gold axe in his hand, but the woodcutter (13. refuse) _____ to take it, saying that it (14. not be) _____ his axe. The angel (15. drive) _____ into the water once again and (16. appear) _____ with an axe that was made of silver. The woodcutter (17. be) _____ still sad. He (18. shake) _____ his read harder and (19. tell) _____ the angle that his own axe (20. be) _____ made of iron. The third time the angle (21. come) _____ out of the water with an iron axe in his hand. Filled with joy, the woodcutter (22. cry) _____, "This belong to me".
He (23. thank) _____ the angle for helping him. The angle (24. be) _____ greatly impressed by his honestly, and he (25. give) _____ the woodcutter the other two axes as a reward for his honestly.