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Сhoose the correct verb form (Past Simple or Past Continuous) to complete the sentences.

1. The film was rubbish, so we left / were leaving the cinema and went / were going to the cybercafé.
2. I didn’t like / wasn’t liking the program we watched / were watching, so I turned / was turning off the TV.
3. Dave rang / was ringing me while I did / was doing my homework.
4. As I fell / was falling asleep, I heard/was hearing a strange noise.
5. I dropped / was dropping my keys while I ran / was running for the bus.
6. The competition judges didn’t know / weren’t knowing whose food they tasted / were tasting.

Complete the email with the Past Simple or Past Continuous of these verbs. You will need to use some verbs more than once.

Last weekend Ben and I visited that new leisure center that everyone is talking about. We 1) ___________ to the ice-skating rink first. Ben slipped a few times while he 2) ___________ to do acrobatic tricks, but luckily he 3) ___________ himself. After that, we went to the main hall to see what 4) __________ there. On one side of the hall a rock band 5) __________ while on the other side some skateboarders 6) ____________ a display. The Skateboarders were fantastic so we 7) ___________ to stay and watch them.

After the exhibition, we both 8) __________ to go to the shops inside the center. But it was nearly rush hour and the shops 9) ___________ really crowded so we 10) ____________ to the multiplex cinema to see The Illusionist. What a fantastic film!

Match the beginnings (1-7) with the endings (a-g). Then complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets.

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1. An amazing display of traditional-style canoes ____ last week in Portland (to open).
2. Last month, we ________ the most amazing opportunity to head down to Nashville (to have).
3. These ladies__________ an apartment when they ____ both _______ English in Jakarta, Indonesia (to share, to teach).
4. Last year we________ too tired even to make quality home design (to be).
5. While the tourists __________ at the beach, animators __________ coffee in the bar (to dance, to have).
6. Last time there ________ a snowfall in November in 2016 (to be).
7. A Qatari sheikh ________ more than £1billion on his art collection last year (to spend).
8. The hot-blooded and furious Tybalt ________ a grudge against Romeo (to bear).
9. While we __________ to a dive site we __________ the advantages of Utila, the smallest and most unspoiled of the Bay Islands of Honduras (to boat, to discuss).
10. In the late 1600s, the British ________ all non-English ships from trading with colonies (to forbid).
11. We ________ busy building our new country house that year (to be).
12. Our friend’s dog __________ us as we__________ around the neighborhood (to follow, to walk).
13. The student __________ up the escalator while it __________ (to run, to move).