Past Simple vs Past Continuous 3
Index
Rewrite the sentences using the prompts, putting in commas where necessary. You will need to use
past simple or past continuous
.
ANSWERS
1) cut | bread | when | he | cut | his finger
Submit
.
2) Mark and Emma | travel | on Sunday | I | still | prepare | the party for their arrival
Submit
.
3) take | the pizza | out of the oven and | place | it | carefully | on the worktop
Submit
.
4) Jimmy | be | at school | he | constantly | lose | things
Submit
.
5) have | a shower at the time | so | she | not hear | the doorbell
Submit
.
6) live | in Amsterdam | I | walk | through the park | every day
Submit
.
7) you | do | from 9.30 to 10.30 | yesterday morning
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?
8) try | to open the window | my telephone | ring
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.
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Answers
1)
My brother
was cutting
bread when he
cut
his finger.
2)
While Mark and Emma
were travelling
on Sunday, I
was still preparing
the party for their arrival.
3)
She
took
the pizza out of the oven and
placed
it carefully on the worktop.
4)
When Jimmy
was
at school, he
was constantly losing
things.
5)
She
was having
a shower at the time, so she
didn't hear
the doorbell.
6)
When I
lived
in Amsterdam, I
walked
through the park every day.
7)
What
were you doing
from 9.30 to 10.30 yesterday morning?
8)
As I
was trying
to open the window, my telephone
rang
.
