Urammar practice Past Simple or Past Continuous
Write out the correct form of the verb:
a) Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.
b) Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.
c) Who was that nice girl you talked /were talking to when I walked / was walking by
the pub?
d) Last weekend Susan fell/was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.
e) When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.
f) We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert's new car.
g) The sun shone /was shining brightly when I got up/ was getting up this morning.
h) Ann finally told / was telling us the whole story about Peter.
i) As Sophie walked / was walking up Regent Street she met / was meeting an old
friend from college.
j) When did / was father arrive / was arriving yesterday?
k) Who did / were you speak/speaking to on the phone when I came / was coming
in?
1) Mary read /was reading in bed when she heard / was hearing a strange noise
downstairs.
m) When Mr. Lawrence left/was leaving home at 8.30 this morning, the sun shone /
was shining brightly. However, it rained / was raining heavily in the afternoon.
n) Sebastian arrived / was arriving at Susan's house a little before 11 a.m., but she
were not/was not there. She studied / was studying at the library.
o) The fireman rescued / was rescuing a 75-year-old woman who were / was trapped
on the second floor of the burning building.
p) Did / Were you do/ were doing any shopping yesterday?
9) Yesterday Jane fell / was falling and hurt/was hurting herself when she rode/ was
riding her bicycle.
r) What did / was Peter do / doing when you knocked / were knocking on his door?
s) Helen wore / was wearing her dress to the party last night.
CRUEL City, London, London,
Where, duped slaves of devils' creeds,
Men and women desperate, undone,
Dream such dreams, and do such deeds:
London, London, cruel city,
By day serpent, by night vampire —
God, in thy great pity, pity,
Give us light — though it be fire!
Лондон
Жестокий Город, London, Лондон,
Где, обманывают рабов дьяволом вероучения,
Где мужчины и женщины отчаянные, отменно,
Мечты как мечты, и делаются такие деяния:
Лондон, Лондон, жестокий город,
Днем змея, ночью вампир —
Бог, в своей Великой жалости, жалости,
Дайте нам свет — пусть он и будет огонь!