PAST SIMPLE Exercises

Simple Past / Past Continuous You are going to write these exerciseses  in your notebook and do from 1 to 15 to present your teeacher NEXT CLASS.                                                                                                                                               Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses, 1.A: What (you, do)___________________ when the accident occurred?  B: I (try)___________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I (find) __________the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) ___________to the police and (turn) it in. 3. The doctor (say)___________ that Tom (be)_________ too sick to go to work and that he (need) ______to stay at home for a couple of days.  4. Sebastian (arrive) ___________at Susan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she (be, not) ___________there. She (study, at the library)_________________ for her final examination in French. 5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also)___________________ television. That's all she ever does! 

Past Simple Exercices

6. A: I (call) _______________you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you?  B: I (work)_______________ out at the fitness center. 7. When I (walk)___________ into the busy office, the secretary (talk) ___________on the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers (discuss, quietly)____________ methods to improve customer service. 8. I (watch)______________ a mystery movie on TV when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends. 9. Sharon (be)________________ in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not)_______________ . 10. It's strange that you (call)_________________ because I (think, just)__________________ about you.

11. The Titanic (cross)____________ the Atlantic when it (strike) an iceberg. 12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily)_______________ and (try)_______________ to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt)___________ for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead)____________ their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue) over the price of a leather belt. I (walk)___________ over to a man who (sell)_____________ fruit and (buy)___________ a banana. 13. The firemen (rescue)_______ the old woman who (be)___________trapped on the third floor of the burning building. 14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) _____________her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually)_____________ me to do them for her. 15. Samantha (live)______________ in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) ______________there when the Berlin Wall came down.