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Past simple, past continuous exercises

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A. Complete the sentences with past simple or past continuous tense.

Every day James Lullaby travels to London. Yesterday he .................................. (drive) his car,
when he .................... (see) a dog in the middle of the road. The dog ............................. (watch)
the car. James ................................... (stop) and .................................. (get) out of his car. As he
....................... (get) out, the dog ....................... (run) away. James .......................... (go) back to
his car. While he ............................... (get) in it, the dog ................................ (appear) again and
............................... (sit) down in the middle of the road. James ...................... (start) the engine,
but the dog ............................. (not move). James ................................. (jump) out of the car and
............................... (shout) at the dog. The dog ............................ (bark) at him and ....................
(start) to run. James ............................. (follow) the dog. Suddenly, he .......................... (see) two
girls lying on the grass. They ............................ (bleed).


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B. Make these sentences negative.

Př. James heard a dog on the road. - No, he didn't hear a dog on the road.
1. James was riding a motorbike. - ...................................................................................................
2. James ran over the dog. - ...............................................................................................................
3. James threw a stone at the dog. - ..................................................................................................
4. The dog was barking at James all the time. - ..............................................................................
5. The dog bit James. - .........................................................................................................................
6. The girls were sitting on the grass. - ..............................................................................................


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C. A policeman is asking James. Make the policeman's questions.

Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(what/do/yesterday at 8 o'clock)
James: I was driving to work.
Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(what time/meet/the dog)
James: I saw him at about 8.30.
Policeman: ................................................................................................when you saw the dog?
(drive/fast)
James: No, I wasn't.
Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(what/the dog/do)
James: He ran away.
Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(how/find/the two girls)
James: I followed the dog, when he came back.
Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(see/anyone else)
James: No, I didn't.
Policeman: ..................................................................................................................................... ?
(call/an ambulance)
James: No, I didn't. I drove the girls to the hospital.


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Answers

A. Complete the sentences.
was driving - saw, was watching, stopped - got out, was getting out - ran away, went back
was getting - appeared - sat down, started - didn't move, jumped out - shouted, barked - started
followed, saw, were bleeding
B. Make the sentences negative.
1. No, he wasn't riding ... , 2. No, he didn't run over ... , 3. No, he didn't throw ...,
4. No, it wasn't barking ... , 5. No, it didn't bite ... , 6. No, they weren't sitting ...
C. A policeman is asking James.
What were you doing ... ? What time did you meet ... ? Were you driving ... ? What did the dog do? How did you find ... ? Did you see ... ? Did you call ... ?

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Past simple, past continuous tense exercises and rules

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