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5 A Mysterious Case

Grammar Past simple vs past continuous

A. Complete the questions with either the past C. Complete the text with the past perfect.
simple or past continuous.
ask be fail just start
1. What yesterday at midday?
(do) live lose move not want
2. Who on the phone
yesterday? (speak to)
When I met my best friend, Giovanni, he
3. anything on TV yesterday
evening? (watch) 1 at our school. He 2 in
another city before, but the family 3
4. When your teeth this because his dad 4 his job. At first,
morning? (clean)
Giovanni 5 to make friends with
5. What for breakfast this anyone. He told me later he 6 really
morning? (have) upset about leaving his friends and coming
6. when you were on your way somewhere new. We became friends because he
to school this morning? (rain) 7 a maths test, and our teacher
7. What when you 8 me to help him. We started chatting
to class? (see, come) and realised we both liked the same things and
since that day, we’ve been the best of friends.
8. a long time for the teacher
to start today’s class? (wait)
D. Complete the sentences with the correct tense.
B. Write sentences about these pictures. Use
the past continuous and past simple in each
sentence. It 1 (be) late at night, and the streets
2 (be) quiet. A thief 3
(run) down the street, and three police officers,
4 (chase) after him. He 5
(just try) to break into the local supermarket, but the
alarm 6 (go off). The police
7 (hear) the noise and went to
investigate. When they 8 (arrive), the
man 9 (see) them and started to run.
He 10 (wear) big, heavy boots though
and couldn’t run very fast, so they managed to
catch him quickly.

E. Tell your partner about:
• how you met your best friend.
• a festival or party you really enjoyed.

• an accident you saw.
• what you did at the weekend.

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