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Exercise 27
Review of simple past tense and past progressive tense.

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past
tense or past progressive tense.

was
Last week, as Karla (walk) _______ walking (1) in her neighborhood, a puppy
_______
appeared ran
suddenly (appear) ____________(2)and (run) ____________(3) between her legs!
was
This (be) ____________ laughed
(4) a surprise, and she (laugh) ____________ (5) out loud.

stopped
Karla likes dogs a lot, so she (stop) ____________ (6) to pet the puppy. He was

was trying
very playful. While she (try) _______ _ ______ (7) to pet him, he (nip)
was
_______ nipping
_________ (8) her fingers.

looked
To Karla, the puppy (look)_________ (9) like a terrier mix. He

was
be)____________ had
(10) wiry, white, and fuzzy. He (have) ____________ (11)

was
big ears, and he (wiggle) _______ wiggling (12) and wagging his tail without stopping.
_______
began
Karla (begin) ____________ noticed
(13) walking again, and (notice) ____________ (14) that the

was
puppy (follow) _______ following (15) her home. He (seem) ____________(
_______ seemed 16) happy that

had
he (have) ________ (17) a friend to walk with.

came
The puppy stayed with Karla until they (come) __________ (18) to a yard where

were
there (be) __________ were
(19) some big dogs behind a fence. The dogs (bark) _______

barking (20) and growling at the woman and the puppy.

________
stopped
The puppy (stop) ____________ was trembling
(21). He (tremble)_______ _______ (22) and whining.

did
He (do, not, want) _______ not
_______ want
_______ (23) to go any further. He (turn)

turned
____________ ran
(24) around and (run) _________ (25) home quickly without looking back.

Karla hopes she will see her new friend again.