Complete the sentences using past simple and past continuous tenses .
1 .I……………….(peel) potatoes when the knife……………..(slip) and …………(cut) myself.
2. What……….the students…………..(do) when the teacher ………………(arrive ?
3. While I ……………(wait) for the bus, I ……….(see) two masked men running out of the bank.
4.While I …………..(try) to open the door, someone……….(touch) my shoulder and I ……….(jump) in surprise.
5. While I………………..( walk ) along the street , a man was …………….( hit ) by a car .
6. As she ……………………….( sit ) in the garden , she ……………….( see ) a ghost .
7. The phone ……………………( ring ) while I …………………..( sleep ) last night .
8. My friend ………………………..( read ) his books , someone ……………….( call ) him .
9. The concert ………………………………( perform ) when suddenly it …………….( rain )
10. A thief ………………….( break ) into my house while everyone ………………( sleep ) .
11. Someone …………………..( knock ) at my door while I …………………….( watch ) T.V.
12. The teacher……………….( teach ) students , a rat ……………( run ) across the room .
13. While Mary………………..( talk ) to her friends a boy …………….( hit ) her at the back .
14. My Mum ……………………..( cut ) her finger while she …………………..( cook ) yesterday evening.
15. He………………….( write ) his letters when suddenly the phone ………………( ring ).
16. We……………….( not play ) the piano when you ……………( come ) but we.........…………( discuss ) about Mozart at the time .
17. We …………………( cycle ) along the road when suddenly we…………..( see ) the prime minister.
18. Tom …………… ( break ) his left leg , while he………….( climb ) the mountain last year.
19. “ What ……………( you do ) when my friend …………………( meet ) you yesterday ?”
20. “ I ……………………………( do ) my report .”
Non-Finite Verb
- I decided ( to go , going , go ) with you.
- He really enjoys ( speaking , to speak , spoke ) English.
- Nobody cannot make me ( change , to change , changing ) my mind.
- Do mind ( let , to let , letting ) your son ( go , going , to go ) to the station with me tonight.
- We were warned not ( to across , cross , crossing ) the river by night.
- I can’t allow you ( bringing , to bring , brought ) animals into class .
- He couldn’t continue ( speak , speaking , to speak ) because of his cough .
- Nobody really loves ( work , worked , working ).
- He helped us ( wash , washing , washed ) the car.
- I suggest ( hold , to hold , holding ) another meeting next week.
- I prefer ( to drive , drive , driving ) to being driven.
- I hated ( borrowing , borrowed , borrow ) money , do you ?
- They enjoyed ……………..( visit ) their grandma in Saraburi .
- Susan can’t stand ……………..( talk ) with her boyfriend because he is very selfish .
- Mr. Johnson decided ………………….( go ) to further education .
- She doesn’t mind ……………….(speak) to the poor .
- My sister hates ……………….(play) with a dog .
- She is frightened of ……………………( fly ) in the air .
- The boys continued ……………..( play ) in the rain .
- She prefer …………….( read ) novels rather than reading textbooks.
Tense : Put the correct form of the verbs given in each tense .
- Ratree ……………………..( always meet ) her old friends at a snack every weekend .
- …………..Mary ……………( often play ) tennis in the afternoon ? Yes, she …….
- I……………….( just buy ) Michael Jackson’s new CD for two weeks .
- We…………….( go) .to Hong Kong last summer . I …………( have ) a great time .
- “ When ……………. …………..( you father buy ) this car ? ” . “ Last month”.
- Tina ……..……………….( help ) her mother cook food in the kitchen now .
- ………………you ……………….( finish ) your homework yet ? Yes, I …………
- That box ………………….( be ) so heavy that I couldn’t carry it .
- …………..you …………( ever be ) to the U.S ? No, I………………………..( never been ) there.
- When ………………you …………..( go ) to Paris . “ Last year”
- What time ……………………….( you mother go) to work everyday ? At 7 a.m.
- How long ………………………( you ) in your present house ? “ For ten years .
- When water …………………..( freeze) it …………………..( become) ice .
- Mary and Ann ……………………(join) the marketing department since June .
- Brenda ………………………..( start ) working for Anzer three years ago .
- While I ……………………. ( take ) a shower , I …………..(slip) on the floor .
- Look at that old man , he ……………………..( fall ) on the ground .
- A: Where ……………………..( you work ) ? B : I works in a pharmaceutical company .
- Before I came here , I …………………(visit) my aunt at the hospital.
- William ………………………….( wait) for his friends for an hour and a half .
- The rescue officer……………….( arrive ) there when the police …………….(take ) the victim to hospital.
- While Mary ……………………..( wash) her clothes Jane …………….(phone) her .
- The rain ……………………( stop ) before I ……………….( go ) to school.
- The King ………………..( pass) me as I …………………( cycle) along the road yesterday afternoon.
- When ………………….( you father come ) back home last night ? At 21 p.m.