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    Exercise Past and Past Continuous

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    This document provides examples sentences to practice the difference between the simple past tense and the simple past continuous tense. The sentences include blanks that can be filled in with different verb tenses to change the meaning. This is an exercise to help learn when to use the simple past tense versus the past continuous tense.

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    useful exercise to practice this combination of tenses

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    EXERCISE PAST AND PAST CONTINUOUS

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    This document provides examples sentences to practice the difference between the simple past tense and the simple past continuous tense. The sentences include blanks that can be filled in with different verb tenses to change the meaning. This is an exercise to help learn when to use the simple past tense versus the past continuous tense.

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    Mau Met
    This document provides examples sentences to practice the difference between the simple past tense and the simple past continuous tense. The sentences include blanks that can be filled in with different verb tenses to change the meaning. This is an exercise to help learn when to use the simple past tense versus the past continuous tense.

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    EXERCISE: SIMPLE PAST TENSE VS SIMPLE PAST

    CONTINUOUS TENSE

    1. I ……………………...(watch) TV when she


    ………………………....(call).
    2. When the phone ……………………(ring), she
    ………………….…. (write) a letter.
    3. While we ……………….….(have) the picnic, it
    (start)…………………. to rain.
    4. What (you, do)…………….…. when the earthquake
    ………………..…(start) ?
    5. I ………………..(listen) to my iPod, so I ……………..…..(not,
    hear) the fire alarm.
    6. You ………………(listen) to me when I ………….……..(tell)
    you to turn the oven off.
    7. While John …………………..(sleep) last night, someone
    …………….(steal) his car.
    8. Sammy …………………(wait) for us when we ……………(get
    off) the plane.
    9. While I ………………………….(write) the email, the computer
    suddenly went off.
    10. Last night, she………………..…(call) Pizza Hut and the
    delivery man……………………..(deliver) her order right
    away.
    11. A: What were you doing when you broke your leg?
    B: I ………………………………(snowboard).
    12. When I ……………………...(walk) into the office, several
    people ……………….. (watch) news on CNN.
    13. They………………………..(meet) my parents at eight this
    morning.
    14. The salesman ……………….(help) the customer when the thief
    ………………...(come) into the store.
    15. While I ………………………….… (study), she
    …………………………..…(cook).
    16. Children……………………..(talk), when
    I……………………(fall) asleep.
    17. What……………………………..(she,do) during her holiday
    last month?
    18. While I………………………….(take ) a bath,
    Suze…………………..(fix) the door.
    19. Yesterday we …………………….(play) at the park. I
    ………………………..(throw) the wood stick and my
    dog……………………….(catch) it for me.
    20. What……………………………………..(you, do) during the
    Math class this morning?

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