Complete the sentences. use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.

Complete the sentences using Past Simple or Present Perfect.
Model: They _____ in a new project. (take part/last year) They took part in a new project last year. We ________ to Paris (never/be). We have never been to Paris.
1. The artist __________________________ a new picture. (finish/already)
2. Look at Tom’s dirty jeans! He _____________________ a fight (have/just).
3. Three months ago Alice ___________ a zoological society. (join)
4. Last week our class ___________ Natural Science museum. (visit)
5. I ________________ my friend at the library. (just/meet)
6. The old lady _________ with her kitten (yesterday/play).
7. _______ you ______ to London? (ever/be)

in........................... 3. I was worried that ........................................... 4. I was surprised to .......................................... 5. I was shocked by .................................................. 6...................................................... made me sad. 7. I'm happy to know that....................................

Grammar

past Simple vs Past Continuous

2) Put the words in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

1...............................................................................( you/ watch)

the film when the phone.........................................(ring)?

2. John .....................(see) a bright light as he.....................................................(walk) down the street.

3. The baby..........................................................(not/ sleep)

when Grandpa............................................(arrive).

4. While he ..........................(travel) on the bus to

work, he........................... (remember) that

it was his wife's birthday.

5.............................................................................( the children/ study) while their nanny...........................(prepare) dinner?

6. While you ..................(be) out, the postman came and ....................(deliver) these letters.

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(wrote/had written) their Constitution 200 years before and it (worked/was working) still. 2. I was not sure that in the USA the judges (worked/had worked) in the Supreme Court as long as they (lived/were living). 3. When my brother (came/was coming), I just (finished/had finished) reading the documents. 4. William (signed/had signed) all the papers by 6 o'clock, 5. The Conference (began/had begun) before James (arrived/had arrived).

It (to happen) two years ago. Martha (my sister) and I (to decide)to make a trip to Canada. We (to pack) our suitcases rather quickly. Martha (not to be fond of) ironing very much that time so, she (to be) very surprised that I (to iron) all her clothes beforehand. When we arrived in Toronto we suddenly (to understand) that we (to leave) the address of our hotel on the table at home. Martha (to be) in panic of course I (to try) to pull myself together. We (to start) searching for our hotel. It (to turn) out that they have six hotels with the same name located in different parts of the city. We (to take) a taxi and (to go) around the city. As I (to know) the city well we (to find) our hotel soon. Surprisingly, the driver who (to give) us a drive round the city (to offer) me to work as a tour guide for those who (to come) from Paris. I (to agree), moreover, I (to have) an experience in Morocco. I (to be) in charge of different tours around the city and fortunately I never (to deal) with complaints. Our trip (to be) fascinating and we (to be) glad that we (to forget) our hotel’s address at home.

E. Supply the suitable form of past tenses.
1) It (to rain) heavily so, we (to decide) not to go hiking but to invite friends to our house and cook dinner together.2) I (to refer) to John when I told the meeting about our current problem. 3) No, I (to go) to Italy two years ago. 4) When I last went to Italy, a team of scientists (to examine) the falling tower of Pisa. 5) What you (to do) when I phoned yesterday? 6) By the time we got to the cinema the film (to start), so we missed the first five minutes. 7) I spent a week in Miami recently. I (not to be) there before.8) She told me she (to attend) a lot of meetings in Prague.