Exercise 1: Past Simple or Past Continuous? Chia động từ ở thì quá
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1. I (sit)____________________ in a cafe when you (call)____________________ .
2. When you (arrive)____________________ at the party, who (be)____________________ there?
3. Susie (watch)____________________ a film when she (hear)____________________ the noise.
4. Yesterday I (go)____________________ to the library, next I (have)____________________ a swim, later I (meet) Julie for coffee.
5. We (play)____________________ tennis when John (hurt)____________________ his ankle.
6. What (they/do)____________________ at 10pm last night - it was really noisy?
7. He (take)____________________ a shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.
8. He (be)____________________ in the shower when the telephone (ring)____________________.
9. When I (walk)____________________ into the room, everyone (work)____________________.
10. It (be)____________________ a day last September. The sun (shine)_____________ and the birds (sing)_________________ . I (walk)____________________ along the street when I (meet)____________________ an old friend.
11. He (live)____________________ in Russia when the Revolution (start)____________________.
12. When her train (get)____________________ to the station, we (wait) on the platform.
13. He (be)____________________ so annoying! He (always leave)____________________ his things everywhere.
14. On holiday we (visit)____________________ Rome, (see)____________________ the Vatican, and (spend)____________________ a few days at the beach.
15. Why (stand)____________________ on a chair when I (come)____________________ into the room?16. They (live)____________________ in Germany when they (be)__________ young.
17. At 7pm yesterday, we (listen)____________________ to music.
18. When I (leave)____________________ the house, it (snow)____________________.
19. He (work)____________________ in a bank when he (meet)____________________ his wife.
20. What (you/do)____________________ when I (call)____________________ you last night?
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4. All yesterday morning, the students ( do) did their English test
5. When the Postman( come) came , I ( have) was having breakfast
6. Hoa ( write) was writing a composition when the telephone ( ring) rang . She ( stand) stoodd up and ( answer) answered it
7. Mr Vinh ( watch ) was watching TV while his wife ( read) was reading a newspaper
8. When I ( leave) left the house this morning, it ( rain) was raining very hard
15. The storm ( begin) was begining at 10.30 while the class ( study) was studying history
16. I ( go)went to ask you to help me, but you ( sleep) were sleeping so peacefully when i ( look) looked into your room that I ( decide) decided to do it alone
22. All last week the students ( revise) revised for their exam
23. What were you ( do) doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday? ( Say) Said the detective
I ( clean) was cleaning my house ( say) said the boy
4.were doing
5.came,was having
6.was writing, rang,stood, answered
7.was watching, was reading
8.left,was raining
15.was begging, was studying
16.went,were sleeping, looked, decided
22.revised
23?were you doing, saying, was cleaning, said