REVISION PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST CONTINUOUS

Deadline: 5th of March 2018

Put the verbs in the Past Continuous tense.         

  
                                                           

Last night was hard. There was a blackout as well as a robbery. People in Smithville were upset. But what were they doing when the lights went out? 

A man   (wash) the dishes while his wife  ( give) her baby a bath. A blonde woman  (wash) her clothes. Another woman  (watch) TV with her husband and their children  (do) their homework. A young man didn't realise the lights went out because he  (listen) to music on his mp3 player. But why did the lights go out? The director of the power company claims that there was a blackout because it  (rain) heavily but it is said that they  (have) a party and they  (not watch) the controls. One of the reporters, Bob,  (wash) the dishes and Dorris, his wife,  (have) a bath. Jackie, Bob's colleague,  (work) in the building.

Now let's talk about the robbery. Burglars broke into all the appartments in the building when all the tenants were out. But what  (they/do)? One of the tenants  (wash) his clothes and a woman  (visit) a friend. Another woman  (have) a picnic at the beach and a man  (play) tennis in the park. Two men  (attend) a football game and a blonde woman  (visit) her grandchildren. What a night!

Put the verbs into Past Simple or Past Continuous.

He   (walk) along the street. It was 5 p.m. The late autumn sun   (shine). He   (think) about the case. Something in it was wrong. A detail or two   (not/match). He   (not/notice) that it   (start) to rain.

At 5 p.m. yesterday Mark   (sit) in the cinema. He   (drink) Coca Cola and he   (eat) popcorn. The film was so exciting that he   (not/notice) how he   (upset) the popcorn packet onto the floor.

At 5 p.m. yesterday Ted   (sit) on the float. He was rather scared because a shark   (circle) around and around the float. Luckily some tourists who   (fly) in a helicopter   (see) him. They   (call) the rescue team and they   (rescu e) Ted.

Mr and Mrs Twotoes   (walk) along the beach with their dog Claw. Suddenly the wind   (start) to blow. It   (lift) an old plastic bag from the ground. Claw the dog   (want) to catch it. It   (run) from one side to the other. Then it suddenly   (run) out of sight.

Jeremy and Pamela   (dance) exuberantly when their children   (come) home. They   (explain) that the music on the radio was so good that they   (can) not sit on the sofa. So they   (start) to dance.

Nick   (sneeze) so violently that he   (fall) off his chair. The people who   (sit) in the room with him   (get) a terrible fright. As Nick   (sit) on the floor, however, they   (start) to laugh.

At 5 p.m. last Sunday Luke and his father were in the garden. They   (fly) a kite. The wind   (blow) nicely, the sun   (shine), it was warm. It was a perfect day. At 5:30 mother   (call) them in to have dinner.