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PAST CONTINUOUS AND SIMPLE

1. What she (wear) ………was wearing……………when you ………saw……..(see) her? Her favourite
top, I think.

2. They …………got…………….(get) up early that morning so they…………were going……………

(go) for a swim.

3. We ……………found……………….. (find) the keys we ……………were loking…………….(look)

for yesterday.

4. The car …………crashed…………….(crash) against the wall and a lot of people………was coming
……. (come) round.

5. It …………was raining……….. (rain) when you …………were leaving………….(leave) for school?

Yes, it was quite heavily.

6. It ………was…………… (be) a quiet morning: the birds ………………were *.singing……………..

(sing) in the trees and the cows……………were eating………………….. .(eat) We ………………were
walking………………….(walk) happily when a terrible storm ……………………
started…………………(start) 100 metres away from us. The wind …………blowed………….(blow)a
big tree down and a black cloud……………appeared…………. (appear) in the sky.

7. We ……………didn’t herard………….(not hear) you because we…………were singing…………

(sing) in the music classroom.

8. The police …………discovered……………….(discover) that a criminal gang ……………were

buying…………….. (buy) luxury cars with stolen credit cards and ………were organizing……….
(organize) an incredible operation to stop them.

9. You (work) ..............were working................. as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I

(meet) .............met................. you.

10. When I (walk) ................was walking.................. into the room it was chaos! The dog
(run) ................was runing................ around the room and the children (write) ....................were
writing..................... on the walls.

11. Excuse me sir. Can you tell us what you (do) ...................did...................... at 11 o'clock last night?

12. As soon as I (see) ................was seeing.......................... the accident I (call) ................was

calling............... the police.

13. The day I (hear) ...................heard........................ the news I (study) .................was

studing................... for my exams.

14. While I ....................was texing........................., the school bus ....................was arriveing.................. (to text)
arrive)
15. Cindy ..............was breaking................... her leg while she ..............was snowboarding................ (to
break) (to snowboard)

16. He ................was listening................ to the radio while he ...............was preparing..................

breakfast. (to listen) (to prepare)

17. My father .............was driving.......... at 70 km/h when a policeman ................stopped................ him.

(to drive) (to stop)

18. The girl ...............noticied................... that the boy .................was waching........................ her. (to
notice) (to watch)

19. My dad .................was falling off.................. the ladder while he ............was painting............. the
carport. (to fall off) (to paint)

20. While we ................were waiting......................, we ..................were doing...................... crossword

puzzles. (to wait) (to do)

21. Nick ...............was becoming.................. sick while he ..................was traveling.................... in Texas.

(to become) (to travel)

22. What ............................... when you .................................. about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)

23. She said that she ............didn’t feel.................. happy, so I ................talked.............. to her. (not/to
feel) (to talk)

24. Last summer, my friend and I ...................were traveling.................. around the south of France. We
really................enjoyed................... ourselves.

25. .............did.................you .............cryed............... at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.

26. Sarah is very angry. What ..........did............ you ............said............. to her? You ..........were
chating............to her yesterday.

27. I ...........sent..................my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she .................didn’t
knew.................. (not) how to open the attachment!

28. My mobile phone ...................fell...........................on the floor but the screen .............didn’t
broke.............(not). That was lucky!

29. I didn’t see the accident. It all ......................happened.......................very quickly.

30. My PC was making a strange noise so I ..............stoped....................using it

and ..............turned....................it off.

31. We ..................were trying...................... to open the box with a knife but my

dad ...............cut......................himself. There was blood everywhere!

24-31 VERBS

1 cry 2 travel 3 send 4 enjoy 5 stop 6 break 7 fall 8 chat 9 happen 10 say 11 know 12 try 13 cut 14 turn
32. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

33. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

34. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my
elbow.

35. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

36. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.

37. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing
the internet.

38. My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of
coffee on the keyboard.

39. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to
the doctor’s – I felt terrible.

40. How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around
Ireland?

41. Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really
important?

42. I switched off (switch off ) the computer because it was making (make) a strange noise.

43. My dad was listening(listen) to classical music when I was arriving (arrive) home from school.

44. We were playing(play) video games when my mum ,was saying(say) ‘Turn the volume down!’

45. My cousin met (meet) his wife, Bianca, while he was living(live) in Italy.

46. My little sister was drawing(draw) a picture while I was studing(study) for my French exam.

47. While they were trying (try) to fix the computer, all the lights goes out(go out).

48. When we were leaving(leave) school yesterday, it was pouring(pour) with rain.

49. When you saw(see) Paul, he was wearing(wear) a black jacket?

50. I was trying(try) to log on when the WiFi stopped(stop) working.

51. While Dad was printing (print) an article, the printer was running out (run out) of paper

52. Sometimes I hate computers! Once, when I ..................was trying..................... (try) to do my English
homework on my laptop, the battery...................ran out.................. (run out). I ...............lied.............. (lie)
on my bed and I was listening to music on Spotify. It helps me to concentrate. I ...............was
chating.................... also (chat) to my friend Daniel on Facebook. OK, so I ................didn’t
concentrate.................. (not concentrate) very hard on my homework and
I ......................forgot........................ (forget) to plug in my laptop!I didn’t notice that the battery was
getting low. I was just finishing the essay when the screen ..................was going................ (go) black.
I .....................lost........................(lose) everything. I ...................was screaming................... (scream) in
frustration. My dad ......................was coming......................... (come) running into my bedroom.
I .................cryed.................. almost (cry) so he .......................gave........................ (give) me his laptop.
I ................was trying................... (try) to remember everything in my essay –
it ..................was .................... (be) quite difficult especially because Daniel was sending me lots of funny
videos. Anyway, while I was watching one, the WiFi stopped working. In the end it was probably better
because I ..................managed................... (manage) to finish the essay.