Задания для самостоятельной работы по теме Past Simple and Past Progressive Tenses

Version 1

Put the verb into the correct form, past progressive or past simple.

1. I (listen) to the radio while Mary (cook) dinner.

2. While Fred (sleep), Judy (watch) TV.

3. Jill (walk) home when she (see) her husband's car outside the cinema.

4. While you (sleep), mother (arrive).

5. Helen (wait) for me when I (arrive).

6. ´What (you/do) this time yesterday?´ I was asleep.

7. ´ … you(go) out last night?´ ´No, I was too tired.´

8. ´Was Elizabeth at the party last night?´ ´Yes, she ´ (wear) a really nice dress.

9. How fast (you/drive) when the accident (happen)?

10. Damian (take) a photograph of me while I (not/look).

Version 2

Put the verb into the correct form, past progressive or past simple.

1. Why you (to be) angry with me yesterday? - I (not to be).

2. Where you (to be) last night? - We (to be) at the theatre.

3. When I (to come) to the bus stop, I (to see) a boy who (to play) with a dog.

4. It (to be) eleven o'clock, when I (to decide) to go to bed.

5. What time they (to have) dinner yesterday? - They (to have) dinner from seven till eight.

6. When she (to see) him a year ago she (not to recognize) him.

7. I (to be) very busy yesterday. I (to prepare) for my exam the whole day.

8. My brother (to wash) the dishes while I (to sweep) the floor.

9. Why you (not to see) a doctor yesterday?

10. It (to rain) heavily when he (to go) out.

Version 3

Put the verb into the correct form, past progressive or past simple.

1. When my father (to come) home, I (to have) dinner.

2. When Alice (to return), I (to listen) to the radio.

3. When mother (to enter) his room, he (to draw) a picture.

4. When my sister (to come in), I (to do) my lessons.

5. When her aunt (to air) the room, she (to catch) cold.

6. When I (to meet) her, she (to go) to the office.

7. He (to wash) his face when somebody (to knock) at the door.

8. The young people (to dance) when I (to come) to the party.

9. When he (to wash) the dishes, he (to break) a plate.

10. What they (to do) when you (to see) them?

Version 4

Put the verb into the correct form, past progressive or past simple.

1. Не (not to open) the window before classes yesterday.

2. I (to hurry) to the library when I (to meet) him.

3. She (to translate) a lot of articles at the office last week.

4. We (to smoke) in the room when he (to see) us.

5. We (to pack) our things when our taxi (to come).

6. The day before yesterday he (to finish) his work at seven o'clock.

7. What he (to do) ten years ago? - He (to study) at school.

8. Yesterday I (to ask) my friend not to ring me.

9. My father (to write) a very interesting article last month.

10. She (to come) home at eleven o'clock that's why she (not to call) you.