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Past Simple or Past Continuous




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Put the verbs into Past Continuous or Past Simple.

 

1.   They  (go) down the street when they  (meet) Jane. She  (smile) happily. She  (carry) shopping bags. She  (buy) many things that day.

 

2.   She  (iron) the clothes when her husband  (call) her. She  (pick) up the receiver but then suddenly a dog  (run) into the room. It nearly  (drop) her.

 

3.   The electricity  (go) out when we  (watch) TV. Grandfather  (stand) up and  (check) the wires.

 

4.   Mark  (gather) mushroom when he  (hear) a strange noise. When he  (turn) around he  (see) that a great big bear  (stand) in front of him.

 

5.   Jack  (read) a Math book when his brother  (run) into the room. At once he  (put) his book down.

 

6.   The children  (do) different things when it  (start) to rain. At one they  (take) all of their things inside. While it  (rain) they  (wait) in the tent. When it  (stop) to rain they  (get) out again.

 

7.   Peter  (fish) by the river when he (catch) a big fish. The fish was so big that he nearly  (break) his fishing-rod. When he finally  (get) it out, he was very happy. The young children who  (stand) and (watch) him  were surprised.