DAY 7: PAST CONTINUOS TENSE

III. Give the correct form of the verb in the past continuous.

1. Columbus (to discover) America more than 400 years ago.

2. They (to come) here a month ago.

3. They (to come) to see me last week.

4. Albert Einstein (to die) on April 18, 1955.

5. Mrs. Nam (to cook) dinner when we (to arrive).

6. The wind (to blow) very hard when (to go out) this morning.

7. I (to have) lunch with Dong yesterday.

8. The boy (to jump off) the train while it (to move).

9. He (to sit) in the garden and suddenly an apple (to fall down) before him.

10. The children (to do) their home-work when their father (to come in).

11. When I (to arrive) at his house he still (to sleep).

12. While you (to play) the piano I (to write) a letter.

13. When, it (to rain) she (to carry) an umbrella.

14. When my grandmother (to go) for a walk she always (to carry) an umbrella.

15. I (to drink) milk every day when I (to be) a boy.

16. He (to study) medicine at that time? Yes, he was.

17. You (to take) a nap when he (to call)?

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Exercise I  Put the verb into the past simple tense.

1/ The war ---------------- (break) out three year ago.

2/When he was young , he  ---------------(serve)  in the army.

3/ He ---------------(drink)  a cup of coffee every morning years ago.

5/ Mr Brown ----------------(live) in Paris when the second World War broke out.

6/ Why ------------ you ……………..(not come) yesterday?.

7/ I -----------------(see) him ten days ago.

8/ Mr. Johnson -----------------(go) to Los Angeles in 1992.

9/ What ----------------(happen) to you yesterday?

10/ We ---------(visit) that city last year.

11/ She often  goes to school by bike but yesterday she ------(travel) by bus.

12/ Ha Noi --------------(be) the largest City in VN years ago.

13/ He -------------- (stay) in bed late last Sunday morning.

14/ Peter and Daisy -------------(be) born  in 1978.

15/ There --------------(be) a lot of grass in the garden last summer.

16/ They ----------------(not play) very well two years ago.

17/ _________ you _________ (drink) a lots at the party yesterday morning?

18/ She ______________(not be) an English teacher last year.

19/ Two weeks ago, I ____________(not work) well.

20/ ___________ (be) Lan a good student in 2010?

21/ It’s time I ………………(be) going.

22/ It’s time we ……………..(do) something to help him