Ex.2 Read this account of an incident on a train and change the verbs in brackets into the appropriate past form.

Ex.1 Past simple or past continuous?

Read the text, then put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

Tom (1)_______________ (have) a ten-minute break from his boring office job, when he

(2)______________ (see) an interesting advertisement in a magazine. Some people

(3)______________ (plan) to sail around the world. They (4)_____________(look) for another member of the crew for their boat. Tom (5)___________ (sigh) and (6)______________ (look) around his office. Everyone (7)____________(type) letters and the phones (8) ____________ (ring), just as they (9) ___________ (do) every day. He (10)_____________ (think) about the

advertisement for a long time. He knew that he (11)________________ (not/want) to spend his whole life working in a job like this one. He (12)_________________ (still/think) about the advertisement when his boss (13) _____________ (come) along and (14)__________ (give) him lots more boring work to do. 'Right,' he (15)________________ (decide), ' I'm definitely going to answer that advert. Sailing around the world would be much more interesting than this!'

Ex.2 Read this account of an incident on a train and change the verbs in brackets into the appropriate past form.

A funny thing (1) _______________ (happen) to me when I (2) _________________ (come) home from work the other day. The train back from London (3) _________ (be) very crowded as usual, but anyway I eventually

(4) ________________ (manage) to find a seat after I (5) ____________ (look) for ages. It was in a non-smoking compartment, unfortunately, but that was too bad. Anyway, next to me was a very smart looking older woman. A scruffy-looking bloke (6) _________________ (sit) opposite her. After a few minutes this bloke

(7) ____________ (take) a cigarette out of his pocket and (8) ______________ (start) to light it. The woman politely (9) __________ (ask) him not to smoke and (10) _____________ (point) at the no-smoking sign. The bloke (11) ________________ (carry on) as if she

(12) __________________ (not say) anything and then (13) _______________ (lean) forward and (14) ________________ (blow) smoke in her face. I (15) _________________ (feel) angry myself by this time, but the woman was amazing! She (16) ______________ (jump) up,

(17) _____________ (take) the fire extinguisher and (18) ________________ (soak) him in water. He was so surprised that he (19) ____________ (drop) his cigarette, which the water

(20) ____________ (put) out anyway. Then she calmly (21) ____________ (pick) his cigarette up, (22) _____________ (put) it in the bin and (23) ______________ (go) on reading. It was brilliant! The whole compartment, who (24) ___________________ (watch) the episode with great interest, (25) ________________ (applaud).

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