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PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST PROGRESSIVE
It …………… (1.happen) in June 1985. It ........................ (2.be) summer and we ............................ (3.all/lie out)
in the garden. My mother............................ (4.read) and my uncle ............................ (5.just/doze) in the sun.
We children ............................ (6.look for) worms and insects. And then he ............................ (7.arrive). He
............................ (8.be) a tall, handsome man with piercing blue eyes and he ............................ (9.look) straight
at my mother. Her face ............................ (10.go) pale and her eyes ............................ (11.open) wide with
shock. Arthur, I ............................ (12.think) you ........................... (13.be) dead: she ............................ (14.say)
in a kind of whisper.
A: I .......................(15.phone) you at about 9 o'clock this morning but you ........................... (16.not answer).
What ............................ (17.you/do)?
B: Well, I .......................... (18.hear) the phone but I ........................... .(19.have) a shower and I .....................
(20.can not) get out in time to answer it. Anyway, what ............................ (21.you/want)?
A: Well, last night I .......................(22.clear out) that old desk you………….. (23.give) me when I ………… :.
(24.come across) a pile of old letters with a red ribbon round them.
B: My letters?
A: Yes, they …………… (25.be addressed) to you. And they ………….(26.all/smell) of perfume.
Last night Jake ……….. (27.wake up) at about 3 a.m. As soon as he ………. (28.wake up), he ………….
(29.listen out) for strange noises but he ……………. (30.not hear) any. His father ………….. (31.snore) in the
next room, some central heating pipes……………… (32.make) a bit of a noise and a tap ………………….
(33.drip) in the bathroom. It was all as usual. Jake……………….(34.open) the window and ………………
(35.look) outside. The moon ………………. (36.be) full and it............................ (37.shine) brightly. Jake
.......................... ..(38.think) he ................... (39.see) an owl in one of the trees. He........................ (40.can
certainly hear) one. But then he ............................ (41.see) something different. A man - no, it............................
(42.be) a woman. She........................... (43.wear) white and she ............................ (44.hide) behind a tree.
Suddenly she ............................ (45.run) towards the house.
1 happened 2 was 3 were all lying out
4 was reading
5 was just dozing 6 were looking for
7 arrived
8 was
9 looked
10 went
11 opened
12 thought
13 were
14 said
15 phoned
16 didn't answer
17 were you doing
18 heard 19 was having
20 couldn't
21 did you want
22 was. clearing out
23 gave
24 came across
25 were addressed
26 all smelt
27 woke up
28 woke up
29 listened out
30 didn't hear
31 was snoring
32 were making
33 was dripping
34 opened
35 looked
36 was
37 was shining
38 thought
39 saw
40 could certainly hear
41 saw
42 was
43 was wearing
44 was hiding
45 ran