Past Continuous
1. This morning was really beautiful. The sun (shine), the birds (sing) and everyone in the street (smile) and (say) hello to each other.
2. Mrs Patrik looked beautiful last night. She (wear) a lovely evening dress.
3. When we arrived, she (make) some coffee.
4.While I (have) a bath the telephone rang.
5. While we (walk) in the park it began to rain.
6. He wind (blow) and the rain (beat) down. John (stand) at the bus stop shivering. He (try) to imagine being at home sitting by a warm fire. Finally he saw the lights of the bus which (approach) from the distance.
7. At 3 o'clock yesterday a geometry lesson (go) on. The teacher (draw) diagrams on the blackboard but I (look) through the window and heard nothing. I (think) about the coming New Year's party.
8. She promised not to report me to the police but ten minutes later I saw that she (talk) with a policeman and from the expression on his face I understood that she (tell) him about me.
9. The dentist's waiting room was full of people. Some (read) magazines, others just (turn) over the pages. A woman (knit), a child (play) with a toy car. Everybody (wait) for the nurse to say "Next, please".
10. I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Jane came in.
11. - The house next to yours was full of policemen and police dogs yesterday. - What they (do)? - I heard that they (look) for drugs.
12. "What you (do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?" asked the detective. "I (clean) my house", said Mrs Jones. "I always clean my house at this time"
Раскройте скобки, употребляя в Past Simple или Past Continuous.
1. I (to go) to the cinema yesterday.
2. I (to go) to the cinema at four o’clock yesterday.
3. I (to go) to the cinema when you met me.
4. I (to do) my homework the whole evening yesterday.
5. I (to do) my homework when mother came home.
6. I (to do) my homework yesterday.
7. I (to do) my homework from five till eight yesterday.
8. I (to do) my homework at six o’clock yesterday.
9. I (not to play) the piano yesterday.
10. I (not to play) the piano at four o’clock yesterday. I (to read) a book.
11. When I (to come) home, my little sister (to sleep).
12. When Nick (to come) home, his brother (to play) with his toys.
13. When mother (to come) home, I (to do) my homework.
14. When father (to come) home, Pete (to sleep).
15. When mother (to come) home, the children (to play) on the carpet.
16. When I (to get up), my mother and father (to drink) tea.
17. When I (to come) to my friend’s place, he (to watch) TV.
18. When I (to see) my friends, they (to play) football.
19. When I (to open) the door, the cat (to sit) on the table.
20. When Kate (to open) the door, the children (to dance) round the firtree.
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