Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks past simple or past continuous.

1. At this time last year, they (build)_______________ this stadium.

2. I (drive)______________ my motorbike very fast when James called me.

3. I (chat) ______________with Hannah while Mr. Henry (teach)___________ the lesson yesterday.

4. My brother (watch)______________ TV when I got home.

5. At this time last night, I (prepare)________________ for my husband’s birthday party.

6. What you (do)______________ at 7 pm last Monday?

7. Where you (go)______________ when I saw you last weekend?

8. They (not go)____________ to church when I met them yesterday.

9. My mother (not do)____________ the housework when our grandparents came home.

10.Ms. Stacey (read)______________ books while her children (play)_____________ football yesterday afternoon.

Exercise 2: Circle the correct answer.

1. Alice (saw/ was) seeing the accident when she was catching the bus.

2. What were you (doing/ did) you do when I called?

3. I didn’t (visit/ weren’t visiting) my friends last summer holiday.

4. It (rained/ was raining) heavily last July.

5. While people were talking to each other, he (read/ was reading) his book.

6. My sister (was eating/ ate hamburgers) every weekend last month.

7. While we were (running/ ran) in the park, Mary fell over.

8. Did you (find/ Were you finding) your keys yesterday?

9. Who (was she dancing/ did she dance) with at the party last night?

10. They (were watching/ watched football) on TV at 7 p.m. yesterday.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks past continuous.

1. I lost my keys when I __________________(walk) home.

2. It was raining while we ____________________(have) dinner.

3. I saw the department stores when I _______________(sit) on the bus.

4. Her phone rang while she ________________(talk) to her new boss.

5. My friends _______________(drive) to work when they heard the news on the radio.

6. He ___________________(ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road.

7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it _________________ (rain)

8. It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds _______________(sing) in the trees.

9. The tourist lost his camera while he ________________(walk) around the city.

10.The lorry _____________ (go) very fast when it hit our car.

11.I _________________(walk) down the street when it began to rain.

12.At this time last year, I ___________________(attend) an English course. 13.Jim ___________________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.

14.While I ________________(study) in my room, my roommates ________ (have) a party in the other room.

15.Mary and I ___________________(dance) the house when the telephone rang.

Exercise 4: Complete the passage with the verbs in past simple or past continuous.

In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1………………… to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2……………… in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3………………… some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………………………. a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5……………… beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………………………. fast. I (ask) 7…………………………. him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………………………. me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………………………. with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………………………. a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him

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