Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE: 1.. drive past a house in Main Street when she ……………………… see the ground floor on fire.[r]
(1)SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous A Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE: While they ……………………………… (travel) to China, Marco …………………… (keep) a diary Mrs White ………………………………… (drive) past a house in Main Street when she ……………………… (see) the ground floor on fire While he ……………………………… (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot …………… (see) sharks approaching the swimmers The fireman ……………………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he ………………………… (hear) someone’s shouts She …………………… (die) while she ………………………… (run) after a bus We ……………………………… (have) dinner when the electricity …………………… (go) off She ………………………………… (think) of something else while you ……………… (talk) to her I ……………………… (see) her while I ………………………………… (look) out of the window While the teacher ………………………………… (talk), the students ………………… (look) at an insect on the ceiling B Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS: He ………………………………… (talk) with Mary, when Mrs Smith came in They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night Jane ………………………………… (sleep) when the telephone rang As I ………………………………… (walk) to the lab, I met my friend We ………………………………… (watch) TV last night The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card The barber ………………………………… (cut) my hair yesterday She ……………………………… (dance) when she hurt her ankle It ………………………………… (rain) hard when I got up 10 It ………………………………… (rain) hard last night C Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE: Sally …………………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone ………………… (knock) on the door I began to study at seven last night Fred …………………………… (come) at seven- thirty I ……………………………… (study) when Fred ……………………… (come) While I ……………………………… (study) last night, Fred …………………………… (drop by) to visit me My roommate’s parents ………………………………… (call) him last night while we …………………………………… (watch) TV My mother called me around five My husband came home a little after five When he ……………………………… (come) home, I ………………………………… (talk) to my mother on the phone Yesterday Tom and Janice ……………………… (go) to the zoo around one They ………………………… (see) many kinds of animals They stayed at the zoo for two hours While they …………………………… (walk) home, it …………….…… (begin) to rain, so they …………………………… (stop) at a small café and …………………… (have) a cup of coffee Yesterday afternoon I ………………………… (go) to visit the Parker family When I …………………… (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs Parker ………………… (be) in the yard She ………………………………… (plant) flowers in her garden Mr Parker ……………………… (be) in the garage He ……………………………… (work) on their car He …………………………… (change) the oil SUBJECT : Past Perfect Tense (2) A Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE: I ……………………… (worry) a lot about her before I ……………………… (hear) that she was safe I didn’t like the flat It …………………… (be) much smaller than I ………………… (think) at first He told us he ………………………… (shoot) a big tiger They ……………………… (drink) tea after they ……………………………… (finish) dinner She …………… just ……………… (fold) the pink apron and placed it in a table drawer when the door …………………………… (open) and Joe ……………… (enter) The police wanted to know why he …………………………… (bring) a gun to school After he ……………………………… (work) at the hospital for two years he ………… (decide) to give up the job When I ………………………… (arrive) at the party John …………… already ……… (go) home We ………………………… (wait) until the match …………………………… (finish) 10 They …………………………… (leave) the room before the meeting …………………… (finish) 11 I ……………………………… (buy) a new camera before I ………………… (go) to London 12 I ……………… just ………………… (turn off) the lights when the telephone ………… (ring) B Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE: ………… he …………… (know) her for a long time before they ……………………… (get) married? He ……………………………… (drive) down the hotel where they …………………… (spend) their honeymoon years ago When we ………………………… (get) to the station the train ………………………… (already / leave) He ………………………… (sit) at a table by the window where he …………………… (have) a meal with Jane Why ……………… he ………………… (not / ask) her to wait and think again before she ………………………… (leave) Paris He was wondering why he ………………………………… (let) her leave so easily He knew he ………………………………… (earn) that money with a great difficulty After they …………………………… (go), he …………………… (sit) down and ……………………… (light) a cigarette He ………………………… (have to) go to work by bus because his car ……………… (break) down 10 He …………………………… (angry) before he ……………………… (hear) my offer C Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE: They …………………………… (go) home after they ………………………… (finish) their work She ………………………………… (just / go) out when I called her My brother ……………………………… (eat) all the pie before we got back He wondered why I ………………………………………… (not / visit) him before She said that she …………………………………………… (already / see) the Pyramids The fire ………………………………………… (spread) to the next building before the firemen ………………………………………… (arrive) They drank small cups of coffee, after they ……………………………………… (finish) dinner He told me he ……………………………………………… (catch) a young lion His mother ………………………………………… (worry) a lot about him before she ……………………………………… (hear) that he was asfe 10 He ……………………………………………… (already / learn) English before he ………………………………………… (leave) for England, but before he arrived in England, he ……………………………………… (forget) some 11 Mary ………………………………………… (go) swimming after she ………………… (come) home After she ………………………………… (swim), she …………………… (call) her friend Judy 12 I ……………………………………… (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday I ………….…………………… (not / go) to the theatre for a year We …………………… (have) a very good time (3) (4)