Exercises on Past Simple and Past Continuous Tense

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Exercise 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. While Tom (read)

, Amely (watch)

2. Marvin (come)

a documentary on TV.

home, (switch)

on the computer and (check)

his emails.
3. The thief (sneak)

into the house, (steal)

the jewels and (leave)

without a trace.
4. Nobody (listen)
5. While we (do)
6. He (wake)

while the teacher (explain)

the tenses.

a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie)

up and (look)

on the beach.

at his watch.

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Exercise 2

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. When I (get)
2. It (is)
3. So I (decide)
4. I (go)

up yesterday, the sun (shine)

a beautiful morning.
to cycle around a little.
to the shed and (take)

5. While I (cycle)
gardens.

out my bike.

past some villages, I (see)

6. One man (mow)

the grass while his wife (pick)

some people in their

strawberries.

7. After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly (appear)
and it (start)

to rain.

8. Luckily, a farmer (notice)

me and (tell)

me to come in.

9. While it (rain)

outside, I (sit)

10. After a while, the sun (come)

11. I (thank)

in the farmer's house.

out again.

the farmer for his hospitality and (move)

on.

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PAST SIMPLE OR PROGRESSIVE 6

1. George

(fall) off the ladder while he

2. Last night I
3.
4. Ann
5. I

(read) in the bed when I suddenly

you

(you watch) TV when I

(wait) for me when I

8. We

(take) some photos when I

(not go) out because it

9. What
10. I

(call) you?

(arrive).
(happen).

(wash) the dishes when it

(play) in the garden.

(rain).

(you do) last week?

(see) Carol at the party. She

11. The cell phone

12. It

(hear) a scream.

(not drive) very fast when the accident

6. I
(break) a plate last night. I
of my hand.
7. Tom

(paint) the ceiling.

(ring) when I

(begin) to rain when I

(wear) a new dress.

(take) a shower.
(walk) home.

(slip) out

13. We
14. The children
15. The car

(see) an accident when we

(wait) for the bus.

(sleep) all night.

(make) strange noises all the way home.