Prezent and pasy tender
23 As I (cross) the road I (step) on a banana skin and (fall) heavily.
24 I still (lie) on the road when I (see) a lorry approaching.
25 Luckily the driver (see) me and (stop) the lorry in time.
26 How you (damage) your car so badly? -
I (run) into a lamp-post yesterday. ~
27
I suppose you (drive) too quickly or were not looking where you (go).
As he (get) into the bus it (start) suddenly and he (fall) backwards on
to the road.
28 I (call) Paul at 7.00 but it wasn't necessary because he already (get)
up.
29 When he (mend) the fuse he (get) a very bad shock.
30 When I (hear) his knock I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not
recognize) him at first because I (not wear) my glasses.
31 When I came in they (sit) round the fire. Mr Pitt (do) a crossword
puzzle, Mrs Pitt (knit), the others (read). Mrs Pitt (smile) at me and
(say), 'Come and sit down.'
32 While the guests (dance) thieves (break) into the house and (steal) a
lot of fur coats.
33 The next day, as they (know) that the police (look) for them, they
(hide) the coats in a wood and (go) off in different directions.
34 She was very extravagant. She always (buy) herself new clothes.
35 Her mother often (tell) her that she (spend) too much money but she
never (listen).
36 Whenever the drummer (begin) practising, the people in the next flat
(bang) on the wall.
37 The simple past and the past continuous
PEG 175-81
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past continuous
tense.
1 Mr Smith never (wake) up in time in the mornings and always (get)
into trouble for being late; so one day he (go) to town and (buy) an
alarm clock.
2 To get home he (have to) go through a field where a bad-tempered
bull usually (graze).
3 This bull normally (not chase) people unless something (make) him
angry. Unfortunately, as Mr Smith (cross) the field, his alarm clock
(go) off.
4 This (annoy) the bull, who immediately (begin) to chase Mr Smith.
5 Mr Smith (carry) an open umbrella as it (rain) slightly. He (throw)
the umbrella to the ground and (run) away as fast as he could.
6 The bull (stop) and (begin) to attack the umbrella. While he (do) this
Mr Smith escaped.