Read the story and put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense.
What a day!
The day (start) very well for Ethel Stoketon of Highgate, London,
yesterday, but it got worse. It (be) a day many people could find
difficult to believe. Sometimes strange things happen. Ethel Stoketon (get)
up early as usual. She (feel) a bit ill and (have) a
slight temperature but she (have) a lot of Christmas shopping to do, so
she (go) to the shopping center. At 9:30 am she (walk)
past Woolworths, and (step) on a banana peel. She (fall)
and (break) her right arm and two fingers on her right hand. Thats not
all. John Severius and his daughter
Carmen (walk) next to her,
and Ethel (fall) into them
and (knock) them down,
too. John Severius (smoke)
a cigarette when they (fall)
and (burn) his daughters
nose. He also hurt his knee and couldnt
stand up. His daughter, except for the
nose, (be) still all right,
so she (call) an ambulance.
It got there in minutes. The driver of the
ambulance (have) a bad
cold. As he (drive)
them to the hospital just at the corner of
Highgate Hill and Magdala Avenue, he (sneez) . He (crash)
into a bakery delivery van. The driver of the van (get)
a broken arm, a stiff neck and a lot of whipped cream on his back. The ambulance and the
driver could still drive, so the bakery van driver (get) in next to Carmen
Severius who in the crash (lose) a tooth and they (go)
on to the hospital. They (get) to the hospital with no more accidents.
But when they (make) an X-ray of Ethels arm, part of the X-ray machine
(fall) off and (hurt) her shoulder. They (put)
her in the best room of the hospital. When we (talk) to
Ethel this morning, she said, Funny thing is I dont ever eat bananas!»
2) what was you doing when it had started raining
3) last spring the flood destroyed half of the town
4) did he buy her a present yesterday?
5) the girl had never heard that music before the concert
6) while you were phoning, i was playing a new computer game
7) when they arrived at the cinema, the film had already begun
8) we didn’t dance a lot at the disco last night
9) he was telling his friends a frightening story when someone knocked at the door
10)they had been waiting for more than 3hrs before I appeared
|V
1) When we came, she had already translated the article.
2) What were you doing when it started raining?
3) Last spring, the flood destroyed the hall of the town.
4) Did he buy her a present yesterday?
5) The girl had never heard that music before the concert.
6) When you phoned, I was playing a new computer game.
7) When they arrived at the cinema, the film had begun already.
8) We did not dance a lot at the disco last night.
9) He was telling his friends a frightening story when somebody knocked at the door.
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IIV
11) What was Linda doing when he came in?
12) Steven and Martin were playing chess at 5 pm.
13) What were you doing when you hear the scream?
14) Who had learned the words by Friday?
15) Had she done her homework before she went to school?
16) When I came home, my mum was cooking dinner for us.
17) What had Martin bought before he took the bus?
18) Did everybody enjoy the trip last summer?
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