Ted: Hello Dad, I’m in Birmingham. It (pour) with rain, and I (not, have got) any money.
Bob: What (you, want) me to do about it?
Ted: Could you come and pick me up?
Bob: Ted, you (always, ask) me to do this! I (get) tired of it.
Ted: Please, Dad. I am tired and hungry. My evening classes (start) at 7.00 and I have to be there on time. Can’t Mum come and get me?
Bob: The Smiths (visit) us tonight and she’s busy in the kitchen. She (bake) a cake at the moment.
Ted: Please Dad. I (ask) you to do this for me one last time. The success of my presentation tonight (depend) on you.
Bob: O’K. I’ll be there in half an hour. But this is the last time. I (mean) it!
PAST INDEFINITE VS PAST CONTINUOUS
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences by using the Simple Past of the given irregular verbs. Use each word only one time.
Wear come sleep write break dig teach bring freeze think buy ring wake catch rise
1. I dropped my favourite vase. It fell on the floor and … into a hundred pieces.
2. When I went shopping yesterday I … some light bulbs in a cooking pot.
3. Alex … his book to class with him. He didn’t forget.
4. My brother and his wife … to our apartment for dinner last night.
5. Last night around midnight when I was sound asleep, the telephone … It … me up.
6. The sun … at 6.04 this morning.
7. I … a letter to my folks after I finished studying yesterday evening.
8. Ms. Manning … chemistry at the local high school last year.
9. The police … the bank robbers. They are in jail now.
10. Today Paul on slacks and a sport jacket, but yesterday he … jeans and a sweatshirt to class.
11. Last night I had a good night’s sleep. I … nine hours.
12. It was really cold yesterday. The temperature was three below zero. I nearly … to death when I walked home.
13. I …about going to Florida for my vacation, but I finally decided to go to Puerto Rico.
14. My dog … a hole in the yard and buried his bone.
Exercise 2. Complete the following dialogues.
A: (you, go) to class yesterday?
B: No, ____. I (stay) home because I (feel, not) good.
A: (you, sleep) well last night?
B: Yes, ____.I (sleep) very well.
A: (Tom’s plane, arrive) on time yesterday?
B: Yes,____. It (get in) at 6.05 on the dot.
A: (you, stay) home and (study) last night?
B: No,____. I (go) to a new movie, The Valey of the Vampires.
A: (you, like) it?
B: It was O’K, I guess, but I don’t really like horror films.
A: (Mary, study) last night?
B: No,_____. She (watch) TV.
A: (Mark Twain, write) Tom Sawyer?
B: Yes, ____. He also (write) Huckleberry Finn.
A: (the children, go) to the zoo yesterday?
B: Yes, ____. And they (have) a wonderful time.
A: (you, eat) breakfast this morning?
B: No, ____. I (have, not) enough time. I was late for class because my alarm clock (ring, not).
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