Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets
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round,
Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning.
I (1. buy)
a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor's the jewellers, when I actually (2. see)
somebody shoplifting. I'd finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn)
an elderly woman (4. slowly put)
a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry)
Then she (6. walk)
over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up)
expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think)
, she (10. drop)
an
that nobody (9. look)
it into the bag. Before I (11. have)
that I (13. watch)
tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice)
hurry)
moment and she (16. run)
out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk)
straight into them.
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one gap and the
past continuous in the other.
come - show
live - spend
to finish by Monday.
3. When I.......
get - go
play - break
look - see
1. Just as I was getting into the bath all the lights went off.
2. I
hope give
start - check in
to go away this weekend, but my boss.......
..in Paris, I.......
..me some work that I have
..three hours a day travelling to and from work.
..chatting to him as he....... ....at the hotel reception.
.........a lot better than when I last.......................her.
..everyone my holiday
4. A friendly American couple..
5. I bumped into Lena last week. She...
6. My boss.........
photos.
7. I................ badminton four times a week before I...........
a chance to
her and (14.
past just at that
...into the office just as I..........
...my ankle.
----- Nội dung dịch tự động từ ảnh -----
round,
Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning.
I (1. buy)
a new alarm clock the other day in Taylor's the jewellers, when I actually (2. see)
somebody shoplifting. I'd finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn)
an elderly woman (4. slowly put)
a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry)
Then she (6. walk)
over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up)
expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think)
, she (10. drop)
an
that nobody (9. look)
it into the bag. Before I (11. have)
that I (13. watch)
tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice)
hurry)
moment and she (16. run)
out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk)
straight into them.
Exercise 8: Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one gap and the
past continuous in the other.
come - show
live - spend
to finish by Monday.
3. When I.......
get - go
play - break
look - see
1. Just as I was getting into the bath all the lights went off.
2. I
hope give
start - check in
to go away this weekend, but my boss.......
..in Paris, I.......
..me some work that I have
..three hours a day travelling to and from work.
..chatting to him as he....... ....at the hotel reception.
.........a lot better than when I last.......................her.
..everyone my holiday
4. A friendly American couple..
5. I bumped into Lena last week. She...
6. My boss.........
photos.
7. I................ badminton four times a week before I...........
a chance to
her and (14.
past just at that
...into the office just as I..........
...my ankle.