I, the simple past and the past progressive
1,i...........(call) Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be)............at home.He (study)...............at the library
2,I...........(not hear0 the thunder duing the storm last night because i..............(sleep)
3,it was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park.The sun..........(shine). The birds............(sing)
4,my brother and sister............(talk) about something when I.................(walk) into the room
5,Tom went to hes friends'house, but the boys............(not be ) there. they (play)........soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
6, the little boy..........(fall) asleep while his mother ..............(read) him a story.
7,i really enjoyed my holiday last january. while it................(snow) in lowa, the sun.................(shine)in florida.
8,while Ted..............(shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday,his wife..........(bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.
9,john..........(have) a car accident last week.he..................(drive) down the street when suddenly a lorry................(hit) his car from behind.
10, ten years ago , the govement .................(decide) to begin a food program. at that time, many people in the rural aeas............(starve) due to several yeas of drought
11, they......(wait) for me when i ................... at the station (arrive)
12, she..............(swim0 in the sea when i .............. her (see)
13...............they..........(play) tennis when it .............rainning(start)?
14, we............(drive) home from the theatre when he police..........(stop) us
15, the wind.............(blow) very hard when i.................(go) out this morning
16, i.....................(be) looking for some photos when you rang but i..............(not find) them
II. the simple past and the past perfect
1, i(watch)................ a good film on TV before i (go) ..... to bed last night
2, Mary (not/go)...................to paris with us last week because she(already/go).............there.
3, By 2002, she (leave)..............the university
4, by the time he (arrive)................. his school, all his classmates (go)............out for lunch.
5, Mrs My Linh (have ) .....................very much money before she (be).............18.
6,Mrs Browns (visit)................Cua Lo beach in Vietnam last year after they (retire)..................
7,i helped my sister do english exercises after we (play)...........chesses on the computer
8, she (walk).................for two kmsbefore she (have)................dinner.
9,after Mary (speak)...........in public on many occasions, she (get)........... the TV job offer
10, my father(not/watch)..............that film because he (already/see).............. it before.
11. before i and you (be)............born,Granham Bell (invent).............the telephone.
12, she (tell)...............me that she (send)................to me a letter a weel before , but i (not/receive).................it.
13, we (try).............to phone Hery yesteday evening , but there (be)................no answer. he (go)...............out for shopping
14, they (arrive)...........at work in the morning and (find )...........that someone(break)..............into the office during the night, so they (call)..........to the police.
15, yesterday, bobby was very surprised when he (have)...........a phone call from Ann . he (write)..............to her many times but she (never/eply).............to his letter.
I. Put the verbs in the blackets with pasr tense or Past Progressive Continous tense.
1. I (call) called Mr Wilson at 9 last night, but he (not be)wasn't at home. He (study)was studying at the library.
2. I (not hear)didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep)was sleeping.
3. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine)was shining. The birds (sing)were singing.
4. My brother and sister (talk)was talking about somrthing when I (walk) walked into the room.
5. Tom went to his friend 's house, but the boys (not be) weren't here. They (play)were playing soccer in the vacant lot down in the street.
6. The little boy (fall) fell asleep while his mother (read) was reading him a story.
7. I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it (snow)was snowing in Iowa, the sun (shine)was shining in Florida.
8. While Ted (sholve) was sholving snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife (bring)brought him a cup of hot chocolate.
9. John (have)had a car accident last week. He (drive) was driving down the street when suddenly a lorry (hit)hit his car from behind .
10. Ten years ago, the government (decide) decided to begin the food progamme. At that btime, many people in the rural areas (starve) were starving due to several years of drought.
11. They (wait)were waiting for me when I (arrive) arrived at the station.
12. Shr (swim) was swimming in the sea when I (see) sawher.
13. were They (play) playing tennis when it started raining (start)?
14. We (drive)was driving home from the theatre when the police (stopstopped us.
15. The wind (blow) was blowing very hard when I (go)went out this morning.
16. When she (leave) left him, he (become) became quite ill.
17. I (be)was looking for some photors when you rang but I (not find)didn't find them.