PRESENT SIMPLE, PAST SIMPLE, PRESENT
CONTINUOUS or PAST CONTINUOUS
1. Where _________ you (to be) yesterday? — I _________ (to be) at home
the whole day.
— How strange. I _________ (to ring) you up at two o’clock, but nobody
_________ (to answer). — Oh, I _________ (to be) in the garden. I
_________ (to read) your book and _________ (not / to hear) the
telephone.
2. What _________ you (to do) at five o’clock yesterday? — I _________
(to work) in the library. — I _________ (to be) there too, but I
_________ (not / to see) you.
3. Nina _________ (to celebrate) her birthday yesterday. Her room looked
beautiful, there _________ (to be) many flowers in it. When I _________
(to come) in, somebody _________ (to play) the piano, two or three pairs
_________ (to dance).
4. Listen! Somebody _________ (to play) the piano.
5. I _________ (to like) music very much.
6. When I _________ (to look) out of the window, it _________ (to rain)
heavily and people _________ (to hurry) along the streets.
7. What _________ you (to do) at seven o’clock yesterday? — I _________
(to have) supper.
8. When I _________ (to come) home yesterday, I _________ (to see) that
all my family _________ (to sit) round the table. Father _________ (to
read) a letter from my uncle, who _________ (to live) in Kiev.
9. Yesterday I _________ (to work) at my English from five till seven.
[Link] _________ (to rain) the whole day yesterday.
[Link] _________ your sister (to be) now? — She _________ (to be) in
her room. She _________ (to do) her homework.
[Link] _________ (to brush) his teeth at the moment. He _________ (to
clean) them thoroughly morning and night.
[Link]’t disturb her while she _________ (to sleep).
[Link] _________ (to talk) nonsense. You never _________ (to talk) sense.
[Link] mother _________ (to sit) in the sunlight now and I _________ (to
set) the table.