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More Practice with the Past Tense !!!
Choose either the past progressive or past perfect or simple past.
When I went to bed, I turned on the radio. While I _____________ (sleep), somebody
turned it off.
I started to tell Rodney the news but he stopped me.
He ________________ hear, already) it.
When Gina went to bed, it was snowing. It ______________ (snow, still)
when she ______________ (wake up) in morning.
Rita called me on the phone to tell me the good news.
She _______________(pass) her exam in English.
I saw Ted at the student cafeteria at lunch time.
He __________________ (eat) a sandwich.
I couldn`t think. The people around me ______________ (make) too much noise.
Finally, I gave up and _____________ (leave) to try and find a quiet place
to think.
Otto was in the hospital last week. He ______________ (be, never) a patient
in a hospital before. It was a new experience for him.
I _______________ (laugh) when I saw my son.
He (empty) a bowl of noodles on his head.
After Carl arrived in New York, he _________________(call) his mother.
He ______________ (promise) to call her as soon as he got in.
"Why are you laughing? What´s so funny?"
"We ________________ (watch, just) two little kids play with plastic swords.
They _______________ (pretend) to be characters from Star Wars."
A couple of weeks ago Mr. Fox, our office manager, surprised us all.
When he _______________ (walk) into the office, he ____________ (wear)
a bright red jacket. Mr. Hall is a conservative dresser. Before that time,
he ________________ (wear, never) anything but a blue or gray suit.
And he hasn`t worn that jacket again since that time.
He ______________ (wear) it only once.
Choose either the past continuous or the past perfect for each sentence.
Amanda didn`t need to study the multiplication tables in fifth grade.
She (was learning/had already learned) them.
I enjoyed visiting Tommy's class It was an arithmetic class.
The students (were learning/has already learned) their multiplication tables.
While I (was walking/had walked) up the mountain, I got tired.
But I didn`t stop until I reached the top.
I was very tired when I got to the top of the mountain.
I (was walking/had walked) a long distance.
I knocked. No one answered. I turned the handle and pulled sharply on the door,
but it did not open. Someone (was locking/had locked) it.
"Where were you when the earthquake occurred?"
"in my office. I (was talking/had talked) to my assistant.
We were working on a report."
"Ahmed`s house was destroyed in the earthquake."
"I know! It`s lucky that he and his family (were leaving/had already left)
for his parents` home before the earthquake struck."
We drove two hundred miles to see the circus in Kansas City. When we got there,
we couldn`t find the circus. It had left town. We (were driving/had driven)
all the way to Kansas for nothing.
Three people (were climbling/had climbed) the east side of Cotopaxi
when the avalance orrurred. All three died.
Ms. Wilson asked an interesting question.
The professor (was answering/had answered)her questins when Mr. Fox
rudely interrupted.
Robert came down while I (was counting / had counted) the day`s receipts.
I completely lost track and had to start all over again.
It was difficult to ski because the temperature was rising and
the moutain (wasn`t having/hadn`t had any snow in a week.