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    EXERCISE Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

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    The document provides a grammar review of state verbs, the past simple, and past continuous tenses. It includes 15 multiple choice questions testing use of the simple past and past continuous tenses. Links are provided to additional online exercises for practicing these verb tenses.

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    GRAMMAR REVIEW:

    State verbs - 6 Minute Grammar


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?
    v=3aQOLTfnAOc&list=PLcetZ6gSk96_zHuVg6Ecy2F7j4Aq4valQ&index=5

    Past simple and past continuous - 6 Minute


    Grammar
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTB5I8V9Eog
    EXERCISE: Simple Past or Past Continuous
    https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

    1. A: What (you, do)   when the accident occurred?

    B: I (try)   to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

    2. After I (find)   the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately)   to the

    police and (turn)   it in.

    3. The doctor (say)   that Tom (be)   too sick to go to work and that he

    (need)   to stay at home for a couple of days.

    4. Sebastian (arrive)   at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be,

    not)   there. She (study, at the library)   for her final


    examination in French.

    5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch,

    also)   television. That's all she ever does!

    6. A: I (call)   you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)   there.
    Where were you?

    B: I (work)   out at the fitness center.

    7. When I (walk)   into the busy office, the secretary (talk)   on the

    phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily)   at their desks, and two

    managers (discuss, quietly)   methods to improve customer service.

    8. I (watch)   a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never
    going to find out how the movie ends.

    9. Sharon (be)   in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear
    anything because she (listen, not)  .

    10. It's strange that you (call)   because I (think, just)   about you.

    11. The Titanic (cross)   the Atlantic when it (strike)   an iceberg.

    12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)   and

    (try)   to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt)   for souvenirs.

    Some young boys (lead)   their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way

    home. A couple of men (argue)   over the price of a leather belt. I

    (walk)   over to a man who (sell)   fruit and (buy)   a


    banana.

    13. The firemen (rescue)   the old woman who (be)   trapped on the
    third floor of the burning building.

    14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always)   her dirty dishes in the sink. I

    think she (expect, actually)   me to do them for her.

    15. Samantha (live)   in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she

    (live)   there when the Berlin Wall came down.

    PRACTICE:

    https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple-past-progressive.htm

    https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_progressive.htm

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