PAST SIMPLE I CONTINUOUS
3. Fill in the blanks with the past simple or continuous of the verbs in brackets:
1. James and Amy (wait) for the 9:30 train when I .. (see) them.
While Sue 2 (cook) spaghetti, Tom | (prepare) a tomato salad.
3. The teacher ..
(not/ accept) John's
excuses for being late again. 4.1 (phone) Paula last Monday, but
• she * (not/be) in; her mum I (tell) me she (jog) in the park. 5. ... (the teacher/explain) how to
I I solve the maths problem yesterday?" "Yes, she 6. While Alice (draw) a picture, Lewis
(have) a relaxing bath. 7. The house (burn) for hours until the fire brigade .. (put) the fire out. 8. What (Jenny/ do) when her boss unexpectedly (come) into her office?
9. Nobody (can/ hear) what Mary (tell) Sue at the party yesterday. .(not/understand) how to get
to the station.
11. They (drive) home when the car
I suddenly (stop). . 12. A strong wind (blow) all
I night long.
• 13. Jenny ... --- (get) really disappointed I when the teacher (tell) her that her
history project .. .. (not/ be) as good as
she had expected, so she (have) to
rewrite it.
14. The company (apologize) the delay of the flight to New York. 15. Why (Andy/not/ wait) for us
for
| at the station yesterday? • 16. The police (come) as soon as the I bank manager (call) them.
• 17. The children (play) in the street until it (get) dark and they I
(go) home.
18. The workers s (go) on strike because their boss . (not/give) them a pay rise.
19. Paul finally his driving test.
2. If Internet reaches all corners of the world, English as the Net language will influence the culture of non-speaking countries.
3. If English keeps on being global, other languages won’t set foot on Internet. 4. The world’s linguistic experts will be alarmed if many languages disappear at an alarming rate.
5. If some tribes aren’t urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, their languages won’t die out.
6. Youngsters will be able to communicate with people from abroad, if they learn foreign languages.
7. If the EU wasn’t worried about endangered languages, they wouldn’t issue a special directive on preserving them.
8. If minority languages aren’t politically tolerated, they will be in jeopardy.
9. If the high number of languages spoken in the EU corridors, it would be like a Tower of Babel.
10. If English is the language of trade and diplomacy, it will be considered as lingua franca nowadays.