Put the verbs in the correct form, past progress or simple past.

a. I was waiting (wait) for my friend outside the stadium when he arrived (arrive).

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense- Past simple, past continuous or past perfect.

1. After they _______ (have) a cup of tea, they _______ (have) some cake.

2. They _______ (buy) this flat two years ago.

3. When I _______ (watch) TV, the lights _______ (go) out.

4. He _______ (tell) me that he _______ (see) a lion.

5. He _______ (go) to France last year.

6. After he _______ (call) the police, he _______ (call) the ambulance.

7. She _______ (wash) her hair when her baby _______ (start) to cry.

8. After he _______ (work) hard, he _______ (feel) ill.

9. He _______ (leave) the room after I _______ (explain) all the facts.

10. After he _______ (find) the key, he _______ (open) the door.

11. While he _______ (play) computer games, she _______ (read).

12. They _______ (sell) everything before they _______ (move) to Glasgow.

13. He _______ (visit) me yesterday evening.

14. When I _______ (clean) the room, Mary _______ (come) home.

15. After he _______ (finish) school, he _______ (start) to work in a factory.

Put the verbs into correct form : past progressive or past simple

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 8o'clock last night

3. Lan ( practice).......the piano while her sister(read).....comics at 7o'clock last night

4. Last night I ( make)........a cake when the light ( go out ).......

5. While I ( cross ).......the street, I ( step).......on a banana skin and ( fall).........heavily

6. It ( begin ).........to rain when I ( plant )...........some trees in the garden

7. While they ( walk ).......down the stairs, they ( hear ).......a strange noise

8. The postman ( come ).............while I ( have ).........lunch

Exercise III: Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense.

1/ He (sit) ______________ in a bar when I (see) ______________ him.

2/ When I (go) ______________ out, the sun (shine) ______________.

3/ The light (go) ______________ out while I (have) ______________ tea.

4/ When it (rain) _____________, she(carry) ______________ an umbrella.

5/ We (walk) ______________ to the station when it (begin) ______________ to rain.

9. You looked very busy when I. 10. The boys immediately EXERCISE 3: (PAGE 19) Complete the blanks in the passage. Use the correct form or tense( the simple past or past perfect) of the verbs in the box be (x4) return find When the old lady break hope not like leave die wonder not have see help (1) to her flat she (2) at once that burglars hear pour run be given (3) in during her absence, because the front door (4) open and everything in the flat (5) upside down. The burglars themselves, (6) no longer there, but they probably only because a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table. Probably they coming up and too but there they (9) down the fire escape. They (H) a little left, so she (14) her jewelry and rather (10) her by her husband, who (18) the heart to wear it yet she (7) (8) the lift (10) themselves to her whisky (12) herself out a drink She (15) that they had The jewelry (13) if (17) some years before. Since his death she (19) to sell it

Exercise 01: Put the verbs into correct form. (past simple or past perfect)
1. She (come) ………….. back home after she (finish) ………… their work.
2. Before my son (go) ……………….. to bed, he (read) …………………… a novel.
3. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) ………………………………….
5. Last night, Peter (go) ……….. to the supermarket before he (go) ……… home
6. Tom ……………… (give) me the book yesterday but I knew he ……………… (not read) it
7. When I arrived home I realized that I ……………… (not phone) my grandparents
8. The postman ……………… (come) after I ……………… (leave) the office
9. When the old lady ……………… (return) to her flat, she ……………… (see) that burglars
……………… (break) into.
10. My grandmother ………… (make) some cheese sandwiches when I ………… (get) home at 5.30.
11. By the time Linda ………… (park) her car, her boyfriend …………… (drink) two cups of coffee
12. My dog ……………… (be) hungry because he ……………… (have) nothing to eat since breakfast
13. I ……………… (recognize) him because I ……………… (see) his photo in the newspaper before

Exercise 6. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1.   She ......................................... (BURST) into tears when she .......................................  (SEE) his father.

2.   I .......................................... (CUT) up vegetables in the kitchen when I ............................ (HEAR) the terrible news on the radio.

3.   What a terrible accident!. Steve ......................................... (DRIVE) his car when a bird ...................................... (FLY) into his windscreen.

4.   First she ...................................... (READ) the advertisement and then she ................................... (CALL) the company.

5.   The sun ......................................... (SHINE) brightly when the old man ............................. (SET) off from his cottage.

6.   At eight o’clock yesterday evening the plane ......................................... (FLY) from Tahiti to Los Angeles.

7.   I .................................... (WAIT) for him for quite a long time but he .............................. (NOT COME).

8.   Last weekend while Julie ........................................ (TIDY) her bedroom, she ................................... (FIND) some of the toys she ........................................ (HAVE) when she .................................... (BE) a child.

9.   While my mother ..................................... (COOK) dinner, we ...................................... (PLAY) in the garden.

10.We all ........................................ (SLEEP) when some terrible noise .................................... (WAKE) us up.

11.Poor Cinderella ....................................... (HAVE) to work hard while her step-sisters ........................................ (HAVE) fun at the ball.

12.The children ...................................... (TAKE) the cake when nobody ................................. (LOOK) and .................................... (EAT) it silently.

13.As she ................................... (CROSS) the street, she ................................ (SLIP) and ..................................... (FALL).

14.Yesterday when I ....................................... (WALK) in the park, I ...................................  (LOSE) my watch.

15.The fishing boat ........................................... (APPROACH) the seashore when the tornado ................................... (BEGIN).

16.I ............................................ (CAN) not hear the bell because the radio ...................................... (PLAY) really loudly.

17.The aeroplane .................................... (CATCH) fire just when it ................................... (TAKE) off.

18.The lights ....................................... (GO) out when we ...................................... (DISCUSS) the plans for the following morning.

19.Professor Ward ........................................... (GIVE) the lecture when the students’ riots .................................... (BEGIN).

20.One of my worst memories from last winter holidays was when I ................................ (RUN) out of petrol while I ................................. (DRIVE) through a snowy forest in the evening.

21.Last night Sally ................................... (WATCH) TV in her bedroom when suddenly she ................................... (HEAR) a scream outside.

1 Correct one mistake with the past simple form of the verbs in these sentences.

1    Dad studyed geography for five years.

2    My parents travel all over the world before they got married.

3    I startied to play tennis when I was just five years old.

4    I knowd he was famous, but I didn’t know he was your brother!

5    I can’t go to school at the moment because I breaked my leg last week.

6    I buyed a lovely T-shirt yesterday, but unfortunately it’s a size small.

7    When the exam was over, all the students openned their books to check their answers.

8    We leaved the house at 8 o’clock this morning.

9    Mark choosed to study history, but he’s thinking about changing subject.

10  I’m sure Andy didn’t do his homework. He plaied computer games all evening yesterday.