Past Simple vs Progressive

Translate expressions in brackets into Past Simple or Progressive.

1. I (spotkałem) ____________________ Christine a few days ago when I (jechałem) ____________________ by train to Cracow.

2. While we (czekaliśmy) ____________________ at the bus stop, Mark (poszedł) ____________________ to buy a newspaper.

3. When we (zobaczyliśmy) ____________________ the accident, we (zatrzymaliśmy się) ____________________ at once and one of us (zadzwonił) ____________________ for an ambulance.

4. It was already 1 a.m. but Paul (nie spał) ____________________. He (próbował) ____________________ to finish his English composition.

5. It was horrible! All of them (patrzyli) ____________________ at me and I (nie wiedzialem) __________________________________ what to say!

6. We (usłyszeliśmy) ______________ a woman shouting ‘Stop thief!’ and we (zobaczyliśmy) _______________ a young man who (biegł) ________________________ down the street with her handbag.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Past Simple or Progressive.

1. I suddenly (realize) ………………………………………………. I (use) …………………………………………. someone else’s pen.

2. I (meet) ……………………………….. Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They (go) ……………………………….. to Berlin and I (go) ……………………………….. to Madrid. We (have) ……………………………….. a chat while we (wait) ……………………………….. for our flights.

3. I (cycle) ……………………………….. home yesterday when suddenly a man (step) ……………………………….. out into the road in front of me. I (go) ……………………………….. quite fast but luckily I (manage) ……………………………….. to stop in time and (not hit) ……………………………….. him.

4. When I finally (arrive) ……………………………………………….. Susan and Tom (just leave) ……………………………………………………………………………… so I (not have) …………………………………………… much time to talk to them.

5. Jane (wait) ……………………………………………….……….. for me when I (arrive) ………………..………………………………....

6. What (you / do) ………………………………………………….……………………………….. this time yesterday? ~ I was asleep.

7. (you / go)…………………………………………….………. out last night? ~ No, I (be) …………………….……………….. too tired.

8. Was Carol at the party last night? ~ Yes, she (wear) ……………………………………………………….. a really nice dress.

9. Melanie (cook) ………………………………………….. dinner when her husband (come) ……………………………….. home.

10. How fast (you / drive) ………………………………………………………….. when the accident (happen) …………………………………………………………….?

11. John (take) ……………………………………. a photograph of me while I (not look) …………………………………………………..

12. We were in a very difficult position. We (not know) ………………………………………………………………….. what to do.

13. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last (see) …………………………………………………. him, he (try) ……………………………………………………………………………. to find a job in London.

14. When I was young, I (want) ……………………………………………………………..……………………………….. to be a bus driver.

15. Todd and Emily (ride) ……………………………….. through the forest. The sun (shine) …………..……………………….. and the birds (sing) ……………………………………………...

16. I (walk) ……………………………….. along the street when suddenly I (hear) …………………………….. footsteps behind me. Somebody (follow) ………………………………. me. I was frightened and (start) ……………………………….. to run.

17. Morticia (lie) ……………………………….. in bed when she (hear) ……………………………….. a sudden noise. She (open) ……………………………….. her eyes in horror. Someone (open) ………………………………………….. a downstairs window; they (try) …………………………………..….. to get into her house. She (climb) ……………………………….. slowly out of bed and (creep) ……………………………….. to the door. She (stand) ……………………………….. very still and listening carefully when she (see) ……………………………….. a light downstairs. It (move) ……………………………….. about as if someone (hold) ……………………………….. a torch and searching for something. She (know) ……………………………….. that they (look) ……………………………….. for her

18. Marilyn Monroe (star) ……………………………………….. in a number of successful films.

19. Charlie Chaplin (become) ………………………….. one of the best-known personalities in America within two years of his first appearance in motion pictures. He (be) ………………………….. so famous that no studio could afford to pay him, so he (appear) ………………………. only in films which he (produce) ………………..……….. himself.

20. It (happen) ……………………………….. at ten o’clock last night. John (sit) ……………………………….. in his cosy living room with his wife and children. They (watch) ……………………………….. the evening news on TV when suddenly the light (go out) ……………………………….. and everything in the house (become) ……………………………….. quiet.

21. As he (drive) ………………………………………………………….. to work, he (remember) …………………………………….. that his briefcase was still at home.

22. They (clean) …………………………………………………. the windows when it (start) ……………………………………….to rain.

40. The boys (play) ……………………………….. football on the river bank while the girls (talk) ………………………………... Everyone (enjoy) ……………………………….. the picnic when suddenly they (hear) ……………………………….. a loud cry from further up the river. They all (rush) ……………………………….. to see what was wrong.

41. In prehistoric times, people (live) ……………………………….. in caves. They (hunt) ……………………………….. for animals which they then (use) ……………………………….. for food and clothing. They (make) ……………………………….. everything by themselves and they (have) ……………………………….. very simple lives.

42. A few years ago a friend of mine, Romek, (travel) ……………………………….. in Java. One day he (decide) ……………………………….. to visit an ancient temple. The walls were covered in beautiful paintings of mysterious-looking faces. While he (walk) …………………………….. around the temple, he (feel) …………………………… an inexplicable desire to remove one particular face which (seem) ……………………………….. to be staring at him. Nervously, checking to see that no one (look) ……………………………….., he (peel) …………………………….. the face from the wall and (put) ………………………….. it carefully in his bag. Romek (think) …………………………….. no more about the incident until two years later. At that time he (live) …………………………….. in London and (work) …………………………….. in a shop selling old books and manuscripts. One day an extremely old man (walk) …………………………….. slowly through the door. Romek could hardly see him but he (notice) …………………………….. the man’s piercing black eyes. He (stare) ……………………………….. at Romek, fixing him with his gaze, saying nothing. As the man (stare) ……………………………….. at him, Romek (have) ……………………………….. an awful, terrifying feeling of shame and fear. Suddenly, the man (disappear) ………………………………... When Romek got home that evening he (search) ……………………………….. frantically through all his things until he (find) ……………………………….. the face from the temple. It was the face of the old man from the shop! He (know) ……………………………….. then that he had to return the picture to the temple, or something terrible would happen.

23. Alex is one of my school friends. I like him though he is rather strange. He loves telling stories about UFO and aliens. He says he (meet) ……………………………….. them some time ago. But let me begin from the start.

It (be) ……………………….. a few months ago. He (go) ……………………………….. out for a walk near his place. It was about 9 p.m. and Alex (stroll) ……………………………….. alone in the woods. After several minutes he (notice) ……………………………….. that he (be) …………………………….. quite a long way from his house. And the it all (happen) ……………………………… a silver flying saucer (land) …………………………….. in front of him and two creatures (come) …………………………….. out of it. They (invite) …………………………….. him to come into their saucer and (ask) …………………………….. him questions about life on Earth. While Alex (tell) …………………………….. them about our planet, the creatures (do) ……………………………….. some strange experiments. When they (finish) …………………………….., they (let) ……………………….. Alex go back. After coming back home, Alex (not remember) …………………………….. anything. The memories of this unusual visit (appear) ……………………………….. only after a few weeks. Many people still do not believe in Alex’s stories and that they are untrue.

24. Simon ………………………………. (walk) home from work the other day when he ………………………………. (notice) something shining on the pavement on the other side of the road. A car ………………………………. (come) down the street, so he waited until it had driven past, then he ………………………………. (cross) over. When he ………………………………. (get) to the other side He Saw that it was a shiny gold coin! He ………………………………. (look) around to make sure no one ………………………………. (look), then he ……………………………….(bend) down to pick it up. Imagine his surprise when he ………………………………. (not can) move it! He ……………………………….(be) just about to give up when he ………………………………. (hear) a strange sound behind him. someone ……………………………….(laugh) at him, but he couldn’t see who it ……………………………….(be). Two little boys ……………………………….(hide) behind a hedge, laughing at anyone who tried to pick up the coin they had stuck to the pavement with glue!

25. Policeman: What (you / do) ……………………………….. when you (see) ………………………….. the accident, Madam?

Mrs Robinson: I (walk) ……………………………………………………. down the street.

Policeman: What exactly (you / see)…………………………………………………………….?

Mrs Robinson: Well, the driver of the car (drive) ……………………………….. down the road when suddenly the old man just (step) ……………………………….. in front of him! It (be) ……………………………….. terrible.

Policeman: (the driver / speed) ……………………………………………………………………………………….?

Mrs Robinson: No, not really, but the old man (not look) …………………………………………………………… both ways before he (try) ………………………………………………………………………….. to cross the road.

Policeman: (anyone else / see)……………………………………………………………………………………………… the accident?

Mrs Robinson: Yes, the lady in the post office.

Policeman: Thank you very much.

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