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Past Simple or Past Continuous Sentence Transformation Rephrasing
Past Simple or Past Continuous Sentence Transformation Rephrasing
Exercise 1
Examine each verb in italics in the following sentences. Rewrite the verb as a past
continuous.
At midnight, I sleep.
At midnight, I was sleeping.
Exercise 2
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
5. She said that she ____________ (not like) her present flat and
____________ (try) to find another.
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6. She said that she ____________ (be) on holiday. I ____________ (say)
that I _____________ (hope) that she _____________ (enjoy) herself.
9. I lit the fire at 6 and it ______________ (burn) brightly when Tom came in
at 7.
10. When I arrived she ______________ (have) dinner. She apologized for
starting without me but said that she ____________________
(always/dine) at 8 o’clock.
12. Sharon was I the room when John ______________ (tell) me what had
happened, but she _______________ (not/hear) anything because she
____________________ (not/listen).
17. The doctor _____________ (say) that Tom was too sick to go to work and
that he ______________ (need) to stay at home for a few days.
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18. Sebastian ______________ (arrive) at Susan’s house at a little before 9
p.m., but she ______________ (not/be) there. She ______________
(study) at the library for her final examination in French.
19. When I _______________ (come home, Sandy was in the living room
watching television. At this time yesterday, she ___________________
(also/watch) television. That’s all she ever does !
Exercise 3
Choose the ‘Past Simple’ or ‘Past Continuous’ of the verbs in brackets.
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3. Last night, I had just gone to bed and I ______________________ (read) a
book when suddenly I _____________________ (hear) a noise. I _______
_________________ (get) up to see what it was, but I _________________
(not / see) anything, so I ______________________ (go) back to bed.
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