simple and progressive Past

REGIONAL BOYACA
CENTRO INDUSTRIAL DE MANTENIMIENTO Y MANUFACTURA

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Program´s name
1. complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:

a) They __did not watch_____________ (not/watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____talked________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ______did not have_____________ (not/have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____came________________ (come) home from school late.
e) They _________arrive___________ (arrive) late and ________took___________ (take) the bus.
f) She ________buy____________ (buy) a new pen and _________wrote__________(write) in the exam.
g) He _________drove___________ (drive) to the office
h) I _______spoke____________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ____did not get up___________ (not/get up) early this morning.
j) Mary _______did not do_________ (not/do) her homework and ____went_________ (go) to school.
k) Chris _____________lost_______ (lose) a ten-dollar bill.
l) Carol ______slept_____ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she ___went_____ (go) out to lunch.
m) We ________flew______________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.
n) He _____________broke_________ (break) the glass of her mother
o) we ________lived_______________(live) in Australia the last year
p) they ___________did not know__________( not/know) the answer

2. PAST TENSE – SIMPLE OR PROGRESSIVE: FILL IN THE CORRECT FORM.

1. George ________fell________ off the ladder while he __was painting______________ the ceiling. (fall, paint)
2. Last night I _was__reading___________ in bed when I suddenly _____heard___________ a scream. (read, hear)
3. ____were you watching____________ TV when I ___phoned _you____________ you? (you watch, phone)
4. Ann __was waiting______________ for me when I ____arrived____________ . (wait, arrive)
5. Maisie __was __cleaning____________ up the kitchen when John _____asked___________ her to marry him. (clean,
ask)
6. The house _cost___________ £ 150,000 in 2003. (cost)
7. The fire _was_still__burning___________________ at six in the morning. (still burn)
8. My brother _______got_________ a new job a week ago (get).
9. Columbus _______discovered_________ America over 500 years ago (discover)
10. She ______was__________ not interested in the book because she ___didn”t_____________ it (be ,not understand)
11. _were you_______________ at school yesterday? (you be)
12. We _____lived___________ in a house near the sea last summer (live)
13. She _could play_______________ the piano very well when she ___was_____________ young (can play, be)
14. She ______left__________ the office very early last night (leave).
15. I ______met__________ a friend while I _____was doing___________ the shopping (meet, do)
16. I __was playing______________ for my things when I ___heard_____________ someone call my name (pay, hear)
17. I ______turned__________ around and ________saw________ Judy. (turn, see)
18. She __was wearing______________ a bright yellow dress when I _______saw_________ her last (wear, see)
19. We ____decided____________ to have a cup of tea. (decide)
20. While the waiter ________was picking________ up the pieces of glass he ____cut____________ his finger (pick, cut)
21. Then we _____left___________ the cafe and ____said____________ good bye (leave, say)
22. I ______lit_________ the fire at six and it ___was still burning_____________ brightly when Tom came in at seven.
(light, still burn)
23. My dog ___was walking_____________ along quietly when Mary’s Pekinese ________atacked________ him. (walk,
attack)
24. When I ____arrived____________ she ____was having____________ lunch. She said she always
_______had_________ lunch at 12:30. (arrive, have, have)
25. What __did you think______________ of his last book? –I ____liked____________ it a lot (you think, like)
26. When he ___realized_____________ a little boy, he __was traveling___________ in the supermarket (be, lose)