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Past simple or past continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: past simple or past continuous.
1. I
(lie) in the bath when the phone
(ring). It
(stop) after a few rings.
2. It
(be) cold when we
(leave) the house that day, and a light snow
(fall).
3. Your friend who
(come) here the other day
(seem) very nice. I
(enjoy) meeting her.
4. When I
(see) the man, he
(stand) outside the bank. He
(have) a black baseball cap on.
5 When I
(open) the cupboard door, a pile of books
(fall) out.
6. I
(walk) along the street when I suddenly
(feel) something hit me in the back. I
(not / know) what it was.
7. We
(go) to London yesterday, but on the way we
(hear) about a bomb scare in Oxford Street. So we
(drive) back home straightaway.
8. Something very strange
(happen) to me on my way home from work yesterday afternoon. I
(drive) along the bypass at the time. Suddenly I
(see) my mother in the seat beside me. But she died three years ago.
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