Exercise 5. Fill in the following blanks Past Simple & Continuous, Past Perfect
Simple & Continuous
1.After they............................(watch) the film, they ................................(go)
to a nearby café to drink something.
2.The boy......................(start) crying when the man..............................
(hit) him. While he......................(cry), his mother..............................(come)
and she asked him what............................(happen).
3.By the time Rian..................................(get) to the airport, the
plane..............................(already/leave).
4.As we...............................(drive) to work last Monday,
we......................................(see) someone who.....................................(lie)
in the middle of the road!
5.Tifany.....................................(drive) for 6 hours before she
finally...............................(reach) the remote village. As
she....................................(park) her car, her grandma
...........................................(come) out of the house to say hello.
6.Kein.........................................(watch) T.V. every day during the summer
holiday when he............................................(be) a kid
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1. are building
2. was driving
3. was chatting - was teaching
4. was watching
5. was preparing
6. were you dong
7. were you going
8. weren't going
9. wasn't doing
10. was reading - were playing
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks past continuous.
1. I lost my keys when I ___was walking_______________(walk) home.
2. It was raining while we ___________were having_________(have) dinner.
3. I saw the department stores when I _______was sitting________(sit) on the bus.
4. Her phone rang while she ______was talking__________(talk) to her new boss.
5. My friends ________were driving_______(drive) to work when they heard the news on the radio.
6. He _________was riding__________(ride) his bicycle when the cat ran across the road.
7. We couldn’t go to the beach yesterday because it ______was raining
___________ (rain)
8. It was a lovely day. The sun was shining and the birds ______were singing_________(sing) in the trees.
9. The tourist lost his camera while he __was walking______________(walk) around the city.
10.The lorry _________was going____ (go) very fast when it hit our car.
11.I ___________was walking______(walk) down the street when it began to rain.
12.At this time last year, I ___was attending________________(attend) an English course. 13.Jim ___________was standing________ (stand) under the tree when he heard an explosion.
14.While I _______was studying_________(study) in my room, my roommates ________ (have) a party in the other room.
15.Mary and I ______were dancing_____________(dance) the house when the telephone rang.
1. I ………………saw…………… (see) Mary in town yesterday but she (not/see) ……………didn't see……………… me. She………………was looking………… (look) the other way.
2. I ……………was cycle……………… (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man…………stepped………………… (step) out into the road in front of me, I……………………was going……… (go) quite fast but luckily I ……………managed……………… (manage) to stop in time and …………diddn't hit……………… (not/hit) him.
3. I……………was walking…………… (walk) home when I ……………met…………… (meet) Dan.
4. Tom ………………burnt………… (burn) his hand when he …was cooking ………………… (cook) the dinner.
5. The telephone …………rang………………… (ring) while I ………was having…......………… (have) a bath.
6. Beethoven ………wrote…......………… (write) nine symphonies. He …………………was………….. (write) another symphony when he died.
7. Last Saturday Tom wanted to make two salads. He ........made........................... (make) the first one in five minutes. He .................was making.................. (make) the second one when his guests .................arrived........... (arrive) and they ...........helped................... (help) him to finish it.
8. The artist Gaudi .............desgned .................. (design) several houses in Barcelona, Spain. Later he ..................started............. (start) work on a church. He ..................was working............... (work) on the church when he ..................died............ (die).
9. Last month a bank robber ...........escaped....................... (escape) while the police ...................were taking................... (take) him to prison. Later they ..............caught.................. (catch) him again, and this time they .......................locked................. (lock) him up without any problem.
10.Philip’s football team were lucky last Saturday. After 20 minutes they .............lost......................... (lose), but in the end they .................won.............. (win) the game by 4 goals to 2.
11.John Lennon ...............sang..................... (sing) and ............played............................. (play) on many records with The Beatles. He .......................was preparing..................... (prepare) a new record when Mark Chapman ...............shot............................ (shoot) him.
12.Yesterday afternoon I .............was studying................................... (study) at home after school when I ................heard......................... (hear) a loud noise. I .......................ran............. (run) outside. It ............was raining....................... (rain) and it ................was..................... (be) cold. I ................saw............................ (see) that smoke ..........was coming............................ (come) slowly out of the next house. My father suddenly ............arrived............................ (arrive) and we ..............................phoned.................. (phone) the fire-brigade because we could hear that some people .................were calling....................... (call) for help. While we .........................were waiting.......... (wait) for the fire-engine to come, I ..................................decided........... (decide) to investigate.
1. watched, went
2. started, hit, was crying, came, happened
3. got, had already left
4. were driving, saw, was lying
5. had been driving, reached, parked, came
6. watched, was