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Open the brackets. Use the verbs in the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1. We (to swim) in the Red Sea hundreds of times last summer. 2. While the parents (to
read) in the shade, the children (to swim) in the sea. 3. This pupil (to solve) five puzzles
during the contest. 4. All the students (to try) to solve the puzzle for half an hour, but
nobody (to succeed) in it. 5. We (to have) a very efficient lesson today. We (to speak) only
English with our guest from London the whole lesson. 6. Yesterday I (to phone) my old
friend and (to discuss) my problems with him. 7. Our parents (to lay) a festive table just
an hour before the New Year. 8. My wife and my son (to lay) the table for my birthday the
whole evening. 9. The tiger (to watch) me all the time I (to be) at the cage. 10. The doctor
0 (to check) my pulse, and (to say) that it (to be) weak. 11. The mechanics (to examine) my
car for three hours, but still not (to find) the reason of the breakdown. 12. I to notice)
this farmer in the local market; he (to sell) his own vegetables. 13. My neighbour (to sell)
his motorcycle last week.​