Exercise 7: Past Simple or Past Continuous
- Jim was standing under the tree when he heard an explosion.
- The boy fell and hurt himself while he was riding a bicycle.
- When we met them last year, they were living in Santiago.
- The tourist lost his camera while he was walking around the city.
- The lorry was going very fast when it hit our car.
- While I was studying in my room, my roommate was having a party in the other room.
- We were sitting in the cafe when they saw us.
- I called Mr. Wilson at 9 last night, but he was not at home. He was studying at the library.
Exercise 8: Past Simple or Past Continuous
- I did not hear the thunder during the storm last night because I was sleeping.
- It was beautiful yesterday when we went to the park. The sun was shining.
- The birds were singing for a walk in the park about something when I walked into the room.
- My brother and sister were talking.
- Tom went to his friend's house, but the boys were not there.
- The little boy fell asleep while his mother was reading him a story.
- I really enjoyed my holiday last January. While it was snowing in Iowa, the sun was shining in Florida.
- While Ted was shoveling snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife brought him a cup of hot chocolate.
- John had a car accident last week. He was driving down the street when suddenly a lorry hit his car from behind.
- Ten years ago, the government decided to begin a food programme. At that time, many people in the rural area were starving due to several years of drought.
- They were waiting for me when I arrived at the station.
Exercise 9: Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect
- I never get up from the table before others have finished.
- It is already 9:30 pm and I have been waiting here for over an hour. If John does not arrive here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.
- Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He had worked for that company in almost every department for more than ten years and he had worked there.
- I had seen many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt last summer.
- Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.