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English Grammar: Past Tense Exercises

The document contains 10 sentences describing various actions that people and things were doing simultaneously or in sequence. The sentences use simple present tense verbs to describe everyday situations and activities like eating breakfast, meeting people, leaving a museum, hiding cards, watching TV, watering flowers, opening a door, having a drink, taking a shower, and more.

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English Grammar: Past Tense Exercises

The document contains 10 sentences describing various actions that people and things were doing simultaneously or in sequence. The sentences use simple present tense verbs to describe everyday situations and activities like eating breakfast, meeting people, leaving a museum, hiding cards, watching TV, watering flowers, opening a door, having a drink, taking a shower, and more.

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We ______________(sit) at the breakfast table when the doorbell ______________(ring) .

He ______________(meet) a lot of friendly people while he ______________ (live) in California.

When they ______________ (leave) the museum, the sun ______________ (shine) .

The students ______________ (hide) cards when the teacher ______________ (come) in.

While the children ______________ (sleep), their parents ______________ (watch) TV.

It ______________ (begin) to rain while she ______________ (water) the flowers in her garden.

When I ______________ (open) the door, I ______________ (realise) that it __________ (rain)

While Henry ______________ (have) a drink at the bar, his wife ______________ (swim) in the sea.

He ______________ (hear) a loud bang while he ______________ (talk) to his friend.

While he ______________ (have) a shower, his dogs ______________ (eat) his steaks.

1. While I _________________ TV, the doorbell ________________. (watch/ring)

2. Jack _________________his presentation when the fire alarm _________________. (finish/start)

3. Just as I _________________ my front door, a cat _________________ inside. (open/run)

4. My mom _________________ me while I _________________ dinner. (telephone/eat)

5. While I _________________ to work, I _________________ an accident. (walk/witness)

6. When the mailman _________________, I _________________ my exercises. (come/do)

7. When I _________________, my alarm clock _________________. (wake up/ring)

8. Peter _________________ me while I _________________ on the train. (phone/sit)

9. While I _________________ out the window, it _________________ to rain. (look/start)

10. As I _________________ the building, a police car _________________through the gate.


(leave/drive)

1. What _________________ (she wear) when you _______________ (see) her? Her favourite top, I
think.

2. They _________________ (get) up early that morning so they _________________ (go) for a swim.

3. We _________________ (find) the keys we _________________ (look) for yesterday.

4. The car _________________ (crash) against the wall and a lot of people _________________ (come)
round.

5. _________________ (it rain) when you left for school? Yes, it _________________, quite heavily.
6. It _________________ (be) a quiet morning: the birds _________________ (sing) in the trees and the
cows _________________.(eat) We _________________ (walk) happily when a terrible storm
_________________ (start) 100 ms away from us. The wind _________________ (blow)a big tree down
and a black cloud _________________ (appear) in the sky.

7. We _________________ (can) hear you because we _________________ (sing) in the music


classroom.

8. The police _________________ (discover) that a criminal gang _________________ (buy) luxury cars
with stolen credit cards and _________________ (organize) an incredible operation to stop them.

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