The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 8 sentences where verbs are missing and must be filled in with either the past simple or past continuous form. The sentences cover a variety of scenarios involving actions that occurred in the past.
The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 8 sentences where verbs are missing and must be filled in with either the past simple or past continuous form. The sentences cover a variety of scenarios involving actions that occurred in the past.
The document provides examples to practice using the past simple and past continuous tenses in sentences. It contains 8 sentences where verbs are missing and must be filled in with either the past simple or past continuous form. The sentences cover a variety of scenarios involving actions that occurred in the past.
1. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous.
1. This morning, when the alarm clock (go)__________, I (have) ____________ a sweet dream. 2. Carol (meet) ___________ her husband while she (travel)__________ in Europe. 3. I (work) ____________ on my computer when there (be) ______________ a sudden power cut and all my data (be) _____________ lost. 4. When we (share)_________ a room two years ago, Lin (always, take)____________ my things without asking. 5. When Tom (call)_____________ yesterday, I (do)______________ the washing-up in the kitchen so I (not hear)_____________ the phone. 6. Frank (constantly, ask)_____________________ for money last year when he (be)______________ still out of work. 7. Mark (request)_________________ complete silence when he (compose)________________ music. 8. In 1417, Nguyen Train (join)_________________ the army of Le Loi, who (then, lead) ________________ the resistance movement in the mountainous regions.