Verb tense practice

Past simple or past continuous?

I (1 walk) down the street the other day, when I (2 see)

a man I knew. He (3) get) out of his car when 1 (4 notice)

him. I (5 recognise) him immediately.

'Hello, Sam', I (6 say) 'Remember me? We (7 meet) last

summer when you (8 stay) at Long Beach. We (9 visit)

you one evening when you (10 have) dinner.'
remember you,' he said. 'You owe me $10.'
'I do?'

'Yes, don't you remember? We (11 watch) football on TV, when you (12

say) bet you $10 that the Magpies win the championship.' Well, they
didn't win, so you owe me $10.'
'Oh, I'm sorry,' I (13 say) thought you were somebody I (14 know)
My mistake. Have a nice day.'
Fortunately, a taxi (15 pass) _: I (16 stop) it and (17 get)
in. Sometimes my memory lets me down.

B) Getting around in the city

in the gaps with the verbs provided (in the correct tense). There are some verbs you
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won't need to use and others you will need to use more than once.

get up lose have do make leave go miss

get off get in take get on get out get over begin stop

usually (1) the underground to work, but one day I decided to take advantage

of the fine weather and (2) by bus. I just (3) the first bus, and I had to

wait twenty minutes for the next one. When I (4) and asked for a ticket to the city

centre, the driver said: 'We only go to the station.' I (5) at the next stop and

waited for another bus. No bus came. I waited half an hour. It (6) to rain. Finally,

I decided to (7) a taxi. Of course, there were no taxis. At last, one (8)

As I (9) the driver said 'I'm on my way home, but I can (10) you as far as

the station, if you like.' I (11) and walked.