Ex.30. Complete the following sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, either the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. Look at the example provided.
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Ex.29. Choose the correct tense form to complete the sentences.
1. I saw a light in your window as I passed/was passing by.
2. Yesterday as I was walking down Cherry Lane, I met/ was meeting Frank, an old friend of mine.
3. Lucy's elder sister said that she went/was going to enter Leeds University.
4. While my daughter waited/was waiting for my call, somebody knocked at the door.
5. We just talked/were talking about her when she suddenly came in/was coming in.
6. Yesterday while Dad shaved/was shaving, he cut/ was cutting himself slightly.
7. They quarreled/were quarrelling while they washed /were washing the car.
8. I sat/was sitting by the window when I heard/was hearing astrange noise from the street.
9. At six o'clock I waited/was waiting for Jenifer at the station.
10. It rained/was raining heavily as I walked/was walking towards their house.
1. When I arrived the lecture had already started and the professor was writing
(write) on the blackboard.
2. Helen ________ (live) in Athens when she ______ (meet) the man who was to become her husband.
3. We suddenly ________ (realize) that we ______ (walk) the wrong direction.
4. While you _______ (lie) on the beach, we ________ (work) in the office.
5. The phone _______ (ring) again and again. Mary nervously _______ (pick) it up and ______ (put) it down again.
6. The BBC_______ (broadcast) the talk of our President last night.
7. He ________ (sell) his shares last week because their value _______ (fall down) very quickly.
8. Arnold ______ (look) out of the window. It ______ (be) another dreary day.
The wind ______ (blow) hard and big black clouds ________ (gather) on the horizon.
9. The burglar _______ (open) the safe when he ______ (hear) footsteps.
10. I ______ (not listen), so I missed what you said.
11. When I _______ (see) him he ______ (paint) the roof of his house.
12. Tracy _______ (eat) dinner when someone _______ (knock) on the door.
13. Yesterday, Steve ________ (work) on his report all day long.