I. Complete the sentences . Use the simple past or the past continuous

1. When I .....arrived...... ( arrive ) home from work , she still .....was sleeping.... ( sleep )

2. As me ....were crossing..... ( cross ) the street , we .........saw... ( see ) an accident

3. When the bell ......rang.... ( ring ) , Tom ....was taking...... ( take ) a bath

4. She ......studied....... ( study ) in the library last night

5. When Mary .....left..... ( leave ) the house this morning , it ........was raining..... ( rain ) very hard

6. I ......was mailing......... ( mail ) the letters while peter ....was talking..... ( talk ) on the phone

7. The burglar ...was taking.... ( take ) my TV when I ......came..... ( come ) home

8. The Titanic ..was traveling.... ( travel ) to New York when it hit an iceberg and ......sank.....( sink ) in the Atlantic

9. When we ...arrived.... ( arrive ) at the meeting , Mr.Park ......was making... ( make ) a speech

10. My dog ....was walking...... ( walk ) along quietly when a stranger ....attacked..... ( attack ) him

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense

1/ He ( sit ) ........was sitting ......... in a bar when I ( see ) ............saw............ him

2/ When I ( go ) .........went.......... out , the sun ( shine ) ...........was shining............

3/ The light ( go ) .............went....... out while I ( have ) ............was having............ tea

4/ When it ( rain ) ..............rained.............. , she ( carry ) ..........was carrying............ an umbrella

5/ We ( walk ) .............were walking........... to the station when it ( begin ) ...........began.............. to rain

6/ He ( teach ) ............taught........... English for 2 months when he ( live ) .........lived......... in Germany and ( work ) .......worked....... as a journalist

7/ The house ( burn ) .................. fast , so we ( break ) ................ the window to get out

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense

1. While he ( learn ) was learning to drive, he ( have ) was having an accident

2. He ( have ) was having a bad fall when he ( repair ) repaired his roof

3. It ( start ) was starting to rain when we ( play ) played football in the schoolyard yesterday

4. When I ( stand ) stood at the bus stop, I ( see ) was seeing an accident

5. Yesterday I ( walk ) was walking to school when I ( find ) found a wallet on the street.

6. When I ( have ) had dinner yesterday, Peter ( come ) was coming to our house

5. The thief ( steal ) was stealing the bike when Mai ( look ) looked for some books in the shop

1. was learning/had

2. had/was repairing

3. started/was playing

4. was standing/saw

5. was walking / found

6. was having/came

7. stole/ was looking

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense

1. While he ( learn ) __was learning___ to drive, he ( have ) ___had___ an accident

3. It ( start ) __started___ to rain when we ( play ) ___were playing___ football in the schoolyard yesterday

4. When I ( stand ) _was standing___ at the bus stop, I ( see ) __saw___ an accident

5. Yesterday I ( walk ) __was walking_____ to school when I ( find ) ___found__ a wallet on the street.

6. When I ( have ) ___was having___ dinner yesterday, Peter ( come ) __came___ to our house

5. The thief ( steal ) ___stole____ the bike when Mai ( look ) ___was looking___ for some books in the shop

1.were walking/saw

2.was helping/came

3.was working/called

4.was washing/began

4.blew/was landing

III. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.

1. By the time the firefighters____arrived_____ (arrive), the fire_____has already destroied____ (already destroy) over 50 hectares of pine forests.

2. Two people_____reported____ (report) that flames______trapped___ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled apartment.

3. It_____rained____ (rain) all morning before the tornado_____has touched____ (touch) down.

4. They____didn't know_____ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody___told____ (tell) them.

5. ___Have you already left______ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_____started____ (start)?

6. The post_____wasn't arriving____ (not arrive) when I____left_____ (leave) home this morning.

7. It____has been_____ (be) cloudy for days before it_____started____ (start) to rain heavily and____flooded_____ (flood) the whole City.

8. When I_____got____ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I____left_____ (leave) my ticket at home

1.arrived ; has already destroied

2.trapped

3. rained ; has touched

4.didn't know ; told

5. Have you already left , started

6. left

7. started ; flooded

8.left

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Lp 8 hok qkht rồi ak

1. was sitting - saw

2. went - was shining

3. went - was having

4. rained - was carrying

5. were walking - began

1/ was sitting, saw 
2/ was going, shined
3/ went, was having
4/ rained, carried
5/ were walking, began 

was sitting - saw

went-was shining

went-was having

rained-was carrying

were walking-rained

Complete the story using The Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets

Last weekend my brother Quentin and I (go) WENT on a day trip to the forest near our town. While we (Walkman) WERE WALKING, we (seo) SAW a small lake and (stop) STOPPED to have lunch there. We were very hungry.

We (este) WERE EATING our sandwiches when suddenly it (start) STARTED raning. Unfortunately Quenti and I (not have) DIDN'T HAVE umbrellas with us, so we (decide) DECIDED to leave. While we (run) WERE RUNNINGin the rain, i (saw)SAW a small house. Quetin was cold so we( go)WENT into the house. There was nobody there, but it was nice and tidy.

When the rain(stop) STOPPED,we (get) GOT up to lave. We (close)WERE CLOSING the door of the house when a strange man(arrive) ARRIVED. We (not want) DIDN'T WANTto talk to him so we (run) RAN away and (not look) DIDN'T LOOK back.

1/ He ( sit ) .....was sitting.... in a bar when I ( see ) ......saw...... him

2/ When I ( go ) .......went....... out , the sun ( shine ) .......was shining........

3/ The light ( go ) .......went....... out while I ( have ) ......was having..... tea

5/ We ( walk ) ......was walking....... to the station when it ( begin ) .......began...... to rain

6/ He ( eat ) .......was eating...... three sandwiches while you ( talk ) ......were talking..... to him

7/ The servant ( drop ) ........dropped....... two cups while she ( wash up ) .....was washing up........ last night ; neither of them ( break )......broke......

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous tense

1/ He ( sit ) ............was sitting.......... in a bar when I ( see ) .................saw............... him

2/ When I ( go ) ................went........... out , the sun ( shine ) ............was shining.........................

3/ The light ( go ) .............was going.......... out while I ( have ) ..........was having............. tea

4/ When it ( rain ) ............rained.............. , she ( carry ) ........ carried.............. an umbrella

5/ We ( walk ) ...........were walking............. to the station when it ( begin ) .............began.......... to rain

6/ He ( eat ) ........was eating.......... three sandwiches while you ( talk ) ............were talking.......... to him

7/ The servant ( drop ) ...............was dropping................ two cups while she ( wash up ) .......was washing up............. last night ; neither of them ( break )........broke ......