PAST CONTINUCSws SIMPLE PAST

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE PAST CONTINUOUS FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

                       My father was cooking        (cook) lunch when I got home.

2.    The plane(fly) to Paris when it crashed.

3.    The students(wait) for the bus when it started to rain.

4.    we(cross) the street when the traffic lights turned red.

5.    Sue(wash) the dishes when the phone rang.

6.    Mary(slice) the bread when she cut her hand.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE IN EACH SENTENCE.

Jim was breaking  leg while he was playing golf.

2.     She was surfing/ surfed when the shark attacked her.

3.     While I had / was taking a shower, my cell phone rang.

4.     Anna was calling / called Judy while she was reading a newspaper.

5.     Someone was taking / took Peter's bag while he was making a phone call.

6.     Maria was walking home when a burglar was stealing / stole her purse.

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE SIMPLE PAST OR PAST CONTINUOUS.

My father  his car when a policeman  him.

2.    Two boys (play) soccer when the teacher  (come) into the classroom.

3.    (run) to the park when Ia terrible noise (hear).

4.    While Tony (clean) the bathroom, his son  (shout) in the kitchen.

5.    My son(break) his pencil while he(do) his homework.

6.    (wait) for my friend when the bus  (arrive).

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE (WHEN - WHILE).

1.    I has a bad dream              WHILE  I was sleeping on the sofa.

2.    Karina was doing her homeworkthe lights went out.

3.    I was talking to my husband in the parktwo cars crashed behind us.

4.    You called me last night  I was studying for an important exam.

5.    My mother found some Old photographsshe was cleaning her room.

6.    The students were doing an exercisethe bell rang.

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