Exercises 4 The Simple Past & Past

Continuous Tenses

ENGLISH TODAY

1) We (walk) _______ _______ by the bakery when the smell of fresh cinnamon

rolls (reach) ____________ our noses.

2) Dr. Lee (treat) _______ ________ her patient when she (get) ________ a

signal from her pager.

3) Annie and Lilly (climb) _______ _______ trees when Annie (fall)

____________ and (break) ________ her arm.

4) While Christopher (dig) _______ _______ a hole in the sand, a crab (crawl)

____________ out.

5) They (sit) _______ _______ on the park bench when the fountain suddenly

(light) ____________ up.

6) David (ride) _______ _______ his motorcycle on the dirt road when it (hit)

________ a dangerous bump.

7) Mr. Walker (earn) _______ _______ more than anyone else in his division

when he (retire)__________ last year.

8) The lost dog (wear) _______ _______ his collar when the children (find)

____________ him.

9) Marcella (hope) _______ _______ to buy a yacht; instead she (buy)

__________a small fishing boat.

10) Nick (water) _______ _______ the plants in the garden when a groundhog

(appear) ____________.

Exercises 4 The Simple Past & Past

Continuous Tenses

ENGLISH TODAY

1) We (walk) _____ were walking _____ by the bakery when the smell of fresh cinnamon

rolls (reach) ______ reached ______ our noses.

2) Dr. Lee (treat) ___ was treating ____her patient when she (get) ___ got _____ a

signal from her pager.

3) Annie and Lilly (climb) _ were climbing ___trees when Annie (fall) ____ fell ___ and

(break) __ broke ____ her arm.

4) While Christopher (dig) ___ was diggi ng ____a hole in the sand, a crab (crawl)

____ crawled ___ out.

5) They (sit) __ were sitting __ on the park bench when the fountain suddenly (light)

____lit _ up.

6) David (ride) ____ was riding ___his motorcycle on the dirt road when it (hit)

____hit____ a dangerous bump.

7) Mr. Walker (earn) _was earning______ more than anyone else in his division when he

(retire)____retired______ last year.

8) The lost dog (wear) __ was wearing ___his collar when the children (find)

___ found __him.

9) Marcella (hope) __ was hoping ___to buy a yacht; instead she (buy) ___ bought __a

small fishing boat.

10) Nick (water) ___was watering____the plants in the garden when a groundhog

(appear) appeared_____.