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I. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
- Tina ...(wait) for me when I ...(arrive).
Answer: Tina was waiting for me when I arrived. - When I last ...(see) her, she ...(wear) a dark coat.
- The soldiers ...(patrol) along the river when the enemy ...(attack) them.
- He ...(look) very busy when I ...(see) him this morning.
- I ...(greet) him and ...(ask) him what he ...(do).
- We ...(do) the assignment when the light suddenly ...(go) out.
- While Doni ...(type) the report, the computer ...(break) down.
- The car ...(travel) at 80 k.p.h. when it ...(begin) to skid.
- From the sounds it was clear that the boys ...(practice) music.
- When I ...(look) through the books in the library, I ...(find) a very interesting novel and ...(decide) to borrow it.
- When I ...(meet) her, she ...(say) that she ...(not like) her current boarding house and ...(try) to find another.
- I ...(chat) with my friends when my mobile phone ...(ring).
- When I ...(wake) up last night, the TV ...(be) on and my son ...(sleep) on the sofa.
- The weather ...(be) fine when we ...(land) in Jakarta yesterday afternoon. The sun ...(shine) and the breeze ...(blow).
- I always ...(tell) him that he ...(waste) his time but he never ...(listen).
- When he ...(arrived) home his children ...(play) in the front yard.
- There ...(be) many students in the school yard. The girls ...(play) volleyball while the boys ...(play) soccer.
- I ...(read) my new magazine when someone ...(knock) at the door.
- When I ...(be) young, I ...(want) to be an architect.
- When I ...(enter) the classroom the students ...(do) an assignment.
II. Write a short paragraph telling about the people in the picture below. Use Simple Past and Past Continuous Tense.
