Past continuous or simple?

Exercise 1. David is always having accidents. His girlfriend Melanie is talking about some of the accidents. Write her sentences from these notes. Each sentence has one verb in the past continuous and one in the past simple.

? when / he / carry / a suitcase / he / drop / it / on his foot

When he was carrying a suitcase, he dropped it on his foot.

? he / break / his leg / when / he / ski

He broke his leg when he was skiing.

1 he / sit down / on a chair / while / I / paint / it

2 as / he / run / for a bus / he / collide / with a lamppost

3 his hair / catch / fire / when / he / cook / chips

4 when / he / hold / a beautiful vase / he / suddenly / drop / it

5 he / sit / in the garden / when / a wasp / sting / him / on the nose

Past continuous or simple?

Exercise 2.Put in the correct form of the verb.

Rita: I hear the lights (►) went(go) out in your flats last night.

Emma: Yes, (►) / was watching(I / watch) a documentary on TV when suddenly

(1) (we / lose) all the power. But(2) (it / come) on again after about ten minutes.

Vicky: Rachel (3) (come) down the stairs when the lights(4) (go) out. She almost( 5) (fall) over.

Daniel: Matthew and I (6) (play) table tennis at the time.

Andrew: (7) (I / work) on the computer. (8) (I / lose) a whole hour's work. But this morning(9) (I/get) up early and (10) (do) it again.

Past continuous or simple?

Exercise 3. Find the second part of each sentence. Put each verb into the correct form.

? Vicky (have) a beautiful dream when she (touch) the wire.

1.When Andrew (see) the question, when I (find) a £10 note in it.

2.The train (wait) when the alarm clock (ring).

3.I (read) a library book the crowd (rush) in.

4.Sarah (have) an electric shock he (know) the answer immediately.

5.When the doors (open), they (see) that the sun (shine).

6.When the campers (wake), when we (arrive) at the station.

? Vicky was having a beautiful dream when the alarm clock rang.

When Andrew saw the question, he knew the answer immediately.

Exercise 4. There are mistakes in some of these sentences.Find the mistakes and correct them.

1 The Titanic travelled to New York when it hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic.

2 The jumper was shrinking when I washed it.

3 Christopher Columbus was sailing in the Santa Maria when he discovered America.

41 was breaking my toe when I tripped over the dog.

5 The mouse was having a heart attack when the cat jumped down from the chair.

6 The footballer ran towards the goal when he fell over.

7 James Dean drove a sports car when he was dying.

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TASK 2. Write down Ukrainian equivalents for the words and expressions in bold type, given in the text above.	\|	Exercise 5. Make sentences.Put the verbs into the correct form:the past simple or the past continuous.

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