Past simple Vs Past Continuous exercises

Post date: Jun 27, 2016 8:25:43 PM

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

1. I __________ (see) Sue in town yesterday but she __________ (look) the other way. 2. I __________ (meet) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They __________ (go) to Berlin and I __________ (go) to Madrid. We __________ (have) a chat while we were waiting/waited (wait) for our flights. 3. I __________ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man __________ (step) out into the road in front of me. I __________ (go) quite fast but luckily I __________ (manage) to stop in time and __________ (not/hit) him. 4. Jane __________ (wait) for me when I __________ (arrive). 5. What __________ (you/do) this time yesterday? I was asleep. 6. Did __________ (you / go) out last night? No, I was too tired. 7. Was Carol at the party last night? Yes, she __________ (wear) a really nice dress. 8. How fast __________ (you / drive) when the accident __________ (happen)?

1. John __________ (take) a photograph of me while I wasn't looking (not/look). 2. We were in a very difficult position. We __________. (not/know) what to do. 3. I haven't seen Alan for ages. When I last __________ (see) him, he __________ (try) to find a Job in London. 4. I was __________ (walk) along the street when suddenly I __________ (hear) footsteps behind me. Somebody __________ (follow) me. I was frightened and I __________ (start) to run. 5. When I was young, I __________ (want) to be a bus driver. 6. Mr Smith never __________ (wake) up in time in the mornings and always __________ (get) into trouble for being late; so one day he __________ (go) to town and __________ (buy) an alarm clock. 7. To get home he __________ (have to) go through a field where a bad tempered bull usually __________ (graze). 8. This bull normally __________ (not chase) people unless something __________ (make) him angry. Unfortunately, as Mr Smith __________ (cross) the field, his alarm clock __________ (go) off. 9. This __________ (annoy) the bull, who immediately __________ (begin) to chase Mr Smith.

Find the second part of the sentence and write down the whole sentence by putting the verb in brackets into the Past Continuous or Past Simple.

The first one has been done for you. *1. I (dream) 2. When Mary (see) the question 3. The train (wait) 4. Ella (have) a puncture 5. When I (try) the pudding 6. When Karen (lift) the chair 7. When the gates (open) 8. I (read) a library book a. she (feel) a sudden pain in her back b. when she (drive) on the motorway c. when I (find) a $10 note between two pages d. the crowd (walk) in e. she (know) the answer *f. when the alarm clock (ring) g. I (like) it h. when we (arrive) at the station 1. I was dreaming when the alarm clock rang.______________ 2. _________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________ 6. _________________________________________________ 7. _________________________________________________ 8. _________________________________________________