Home assignment no.

Ex. 1 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1.

While Tom (read)

2.

Marvin (come)

, Amy (watch)

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.

Ex. 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1.

We (wait)

2.

I (cycle)

3.

He (pass)

4.

I (fall)

for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come)

through the park, when I (hear)

around the corner.

a strange noise.

her a message when the teacher (look / not)

asleep while I (watch)

TV last night.

5.

When Mike and Jane (paint)

6.

Tom (break)

7.

The phone (ring)

the walls, their dog (knock)

his leg when he (play)

frisbee.

when I (sit)

on the toilet.

Ex. 3 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1.

Two days ago, a murder (happen)

2.

Yesterday, Sherlock Holmes (arrive)

3.

He (ask)

4.

What (do / you)

5.

I (watch)

6.

(be)

7.

Yes, I (be)

8.

(hear / you)

in Market Street at about seven pm.

at the crime scene to investigate.

one of the tenants in the house.

yesterday at seven?

a football match on TV.

you alone?

anything suspicious?

over the paint pot.

9.

Yes, at about seven o'clock, two people (argue)

in the hallway. But the football match (be)

so interesting. So I just (turn)

up the telly and then (hear / not)

anything anymore.

Ex. 4 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1.

When I (do)

2.

While Tom (play)

3.

He (drink)

4.

I (have)

5.

When my father (work)

6.

She (go)

the washing-up, I (break)

a plate.

the piano, his mother (do)

the washing-up.

some juice and then he (eat)

a few chips.

dinner when I suddenly (hear)

a loud bang.

in the garden, an old friend (pass)

to school, (take)

out her textbook and (begin)

by to see him.

to

learn.
7.

When it (start)

8.

When Jane (do)

9.

When I (be)

to rain, our dog (want)

to come inside.

a language course in Ireland, she (visit)

on my way home, I (see)

an accident.

Blarney Castle.

10. I (not / understand)

what they (talk)

about.

Ex. 5 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1.

When I (get)

up yesterday, the sun (shine)

2.

It (is)

3.

So I (decide)

4.

I (go)

5.

While I (cycle)

6.

One man (mow)

7.

After one hour of cycling in sunshine, a big fat raincloud suddenly (appear)

a beautiful morning.

to cycle around a little.

to the shed and (take)

out my bike.

past some villages, I (see)

some people in their gardens.

the grass while his wife (pick)

strawberries.

to rain.

8.

Luckily, a farmer (notice)

9.

While it (rain)

10. After a while, the sun (come)

me and (tell)

outside, I (sit)

me to come in.

in the farmer's house.

out again.

and it (start)

11. I (thank)

the farmer for his hospitality and (move)

on.

Ex. 6 Why do we use the simple past in the following sentences?

He put on his slippers, went to the door and opened it.

states in the past

actions that happened one after the other

His eyes were red; grey hair fell over his shoulders and from his wrists hung heavy chains.
states in the past

actions that happened one after the other

1) Choose the best title for this story.

a) A strange object in the sky.
b) Megans holidays.
c) An object that changes colours.

2) Read this story. Number the events in the order they happened.

3) Read

the text again and answer the

questionnaire.

a)
Where
were
Megan
and her
friends
last
month?

c) Why did they look up?

b)
What
was
Megan
doing?

d) What was Peters reaction?

e) Did the object change
colours?
f) What were they doing when
the object changed to red?
g) Was the object moving
slowly when it became
invisible?

4) Past Continuous or Simple Past?

a) Megan ____________________________(have) fun with her friends when a strange object
____________________ (appear) in the sky.
b) The object____________________________ (become) red while the people
__________________________________ (watch) it.
c) When the UFO ____________________________ (disappear), it ________________________________(fly)
fast.
d) Nobody___________________ (can) explain it because they _________________ (have) an astonishing
experience.