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Past Simple and Continuous
Past Simple and Continuous
1. Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in the brackets
1. When I ___________ (find) Jake and Ashley in the library, they ___________ (read) their notes.
2. Sorry, I ___________ (sleep) when the phone ___________ (ring).
3. The ship ___________ (hit) the rocks as it ___________ (sail) near the shore.
4. Our dog always ___________ (love) fried chicken, he ___________ (go crazy) over it last night too!
5. As Jasmine ___________ (dance) her shoes ___________ (fall off).
5. We ___________ (have) dinner when my aunt ___________ (arrive)
2. Complete the dialogue with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in the brackets.
It ___________ (be) past midnight when Martha ___________ (come) back home. She ___________
(trip) as she ___________ (walk up) the stairs and ___________ (wake up) her dog by accident. Because
her parents ___________ (sleep) upstairs she ___________ (try) to calm him down, but he
___________ (bark) already. Martha’s parents ___________ (open) door to their bedroom and
___________ (yell) at the dog. As they ___________ (scold) their pet, Martha ___________ (run) to her
room. Luckily mom and dad ___________ (not/see) her and they ___________ (blame) their dog for all
noise that night.
4. Complete the second sentence so that is means the same as the first one.