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Ex 1. Past Simple or Past Continuous
Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. We (play) volleyball with Mary, when you
(call) me.
2. When the teacher (come) in, they
(study) English.
3. The baby (sleep) when the telephone
(ring).
4. As I (walk) in the streets of Holland, I
(meet) an old friend of mine.
5. I (lose) my car keys.
6. I was looking for my purse when I (drop) my credit card.
7. My uncle (take) me to the airport yesterday.
8. She (dance) when she hurt her ankle.
9. It (rain) heavily when I got up.
10. I (see) the thief while he
(get) into my neighbor’s house.
Ex 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense (simple past or past progressive).

1. While I TV, the doorbell . (watch/ring)

2. Jack his presentation when the fire alarm . (finish/start)

3. Just as I my front door, a cat inside. (open/run)

4. My mom me while I dinner. (telephone/eat)

5. While I to work, I an accident. (walk/witness)

6. When the mailman , I my exercises. (come/do)
7. When I , my alarm clock . (wake up/ring)

8. Peter me while I on the train. (phone/sit)

9. While I out the window, it to rain. (look/start)

10. As I the building, a police car through the gate. (leave/drive)
Ex 3. Past Simple or Past Continuous
1.I (to play) computer games yesterday. 2. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 3. My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday.4. He (to play) tennis the day before yes¬terday. 5. When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook). 6.She (to cook) the whole day yesterday.7. You (to do) your homework yes¬terday? 8. You (to do) your homework from eight till ten yesterday? 9. What you (to do) when I rang you up? 10. What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? — He (to read) a book. 11. She (to sleep) when you came home? — No, she (to knit).

Ex 4. Past Simple or Past Continuous
I (to play) computer games at five o’clock yesterday. 2.He (to play) computer games from two till three yesterday. 3. My sister (not to play) the piano at four o’clock yesterday.4. She (to play) the piano the whole evening. 5.We (to wash) the floor in our flat yesterday.6.We (to wash) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday.7 . Why she (to sleep) at seven o’clock yesterday? 8. He (to sit) at the table the whole evening yesterday. 9. What Nick (to do) when you came to his place? 10. What he (to do) yesterday? — He (to read) a book. 11. I (not to sleep) at nine o’clock