PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE VS SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Simple Past or Past Progressive







(copia en tu cuaderno los siguientes ejercicios y resuèlvelos)

Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (poner los verbos en el tiempo correcto).

-While Tom (read) __________________, Amely (watch) __________________a documentary on TV.
-Marvin (come)___________ home,______________ (switch) on the computer and (check) ____________his emails.
-The thief (sneak)__________________ into the house,_____________ (steal) the jewels and (leave)______________ without a trace.
-Nobody (listen)______________ while the teacher (explain) _____________the tenses.
-While we (do)_____________ a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) ______________on the beach.
-He (wake) _________up and (look) ____________at his watch.

Exercise 2

The receptionist (welcome) _____________the guests and (ask)____________ them to fill in the form.
The car (break)_____________ down and we (have)________________ to walk home.
The boys (swim)_____________ while the girls (sunbathe)___________________ .
My father (come)___________ in, (look)__________ around and (tell) ___________me to tidy up my room.
As long as one group (prepare)_____________ dinner, the others (collect) __________wood for their campfire.
While the parents (have) _____________breakfast, their children (run)____________ about.
Martha (turn) ______________off the lights and (go) _______________to bed.

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