Practice with Simple Past; Pat Progressive; and Time clauses ______________________________

Section 1.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verb.

1. The students in the math class (not, listen ) _______________ to the teacher when she

(explain ) _______________ the new idea. When she (give ) _______________ a quiz the next day,

they (be ) _______________ confused. They (not, want ) _______________ to take another quiz

before the teacher (review ) _______________ the ideas again

2. My friend (tell ) _______________ me a really funny joke when he (call ) _______________ me a few

days ago. While I (laugh ) _______________, I (drop ) _______________ my phone. It

(land ) _______________ in a puddle of water after it (bounce ) _______________ off my knee. I

(get ) _______________ the phone out of the puddle and (dry ) _______________ it before I

(try) _______________ to call my friend again. I (be ) _______________ very surprised when my

phone (work) _______________ fine. I ( explain) _______________ what happened to my friend when

the phone suddenly (become ) _______________ quiet. Later, I found out that my friend

(make) _______________ the exact same mistake that I made.

( he, break) ____________________ his phone? ( you, think) ____________________ it was funny?

Why ( you, laugh) ____________________ at him?

3. I (take) _______________ care of my neighbor’s baby yesterday while she (shop ) _______________.

The baby (build) _______________ a tower of blocks while I (watch ) _______________. After he

(make) _______________ the tower, he (hit ) _______________ it, and it (fall ) _______________

over. The baby (cry) _______________. He still (cry ) _______________ when I

(help ) _______________ him make a new tower.

Section 2.

Add adverbs of time (BEFORE, AFTER, WHEN, WHILE) or BECAUSE into the blanks.

__________ my coffee machine broke last week, I decided to buy a new one. I looked through five or six

magazines full of kitchen equipment __________ I found a coffee machine that I really liked. It was perfect

__________ it could make coffee, pour the coffee into a cup and clean itself. Some workers in the store told

me that they were sold out __________ I got to the store. __________ I was walking home, I decided to try to

fix my old coffee machine by myself. By mistake, I broke the glass coffee pot __________ I was working on the

coffee machine. __________ the glass broke, I cut my hand and had to go to the hospital. I went to a different

store __________ I went home. I bought a cheap coffee machine, but I wasn’t happy __________ it wasn’t the

one I really wanted.

Section 3.

Write sentences that use the given words.

1. While, go, dentist

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2. After, put, police

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3. Before, sing, I

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4. Not, while, you

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5. When, cook, Rick

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