SIMPLE PAST TENSE - PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (3/C-D)

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. Alice hurt herself while she ………………………………. (skate).
2. I met my neighbor while I .................................(walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she ……………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ……………….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I …………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they ……... (bake) cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he ………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.
9. It was very cold. The sun ……………………. …………………. (not / shine)
10. It wasn’t a stormy night. The wind ……………………………………. (not / blow)
11. He wasn’t sleeping. He …………………………………….. (look) at the ceiling.
12. They were having a rest. They …………………………………….. (not / work).
13. They were very happy. They …………………………………. (enjoy) the party.
14. He was at home. He ………………………………. (watch) a movie on TV.
15. He was getting worse. He …………………………………… (not / recover).
16. We ………………. (travel) in the north of Turkey when we were on holiday.
17. She …………………………………. (drive) so fast when the accident happened.
18. I …………………………………(not / sleep) when you came in.

B) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. He …………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in.
2. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night.
3. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang.
4. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend.
5. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night.
6. The customer ……(pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card.
7. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday.
8. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up.
10. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.


C) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. Sally ………… (eat) dinner last night when someone ………..
(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. FreD……………… (come) at seven-
thirty. I ………………… (study) when Fred …………….. (come).
3. While I …………. (study) last night, Fred …………………
(drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents ………………. (call) him last night while we
………………….. (watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
……………….. (come) home, I ……………….. (talk) to
my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice ………… (go) to the zoo around one. They
……… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two hours. While they …………… (walk) home, it ……………….. (begin)
to rain, so they ……….. (stop) at a small café and ……………
(have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I …………… (go) to visit the Parker family. When I
……….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker …………….. (be)
in the yard. She ……………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker
…….. (be) in the garage. He ………….. (work) on
their car. He …………….. (change) the oil.