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Exercise 5. Use the Simple Past or Past Progressive in the following.

1. I am sitting in the class right now. I (sit) in the class at this same time yesterday.

2. I don’t want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. We (want, not) to go to the zoo because it (rain).

I (call) Roger at nine last night, but he (be, not) at home. He (study) at the library.

I (hear, not) the thunder during the storm last night because I (sleep)

It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun (shine). A cool breeze (blow). The birds (sing).

My brother and sister (argue) about something when I (walk) into the room.

I got a package in the mail. When I (open) it, I (find) a surprise.

Tommy went to his friend’s house, but the boys (be, not) there. They (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street. Stanley (climb) the stairs when he (trip) and (fall). Luckily, he (hurt, not) himself. While Mrs. Emerson (read) the little boy a story, he (fall) asleep, so she (close) the book and quietly (tiptoe) out of the room. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it (snow) in Iowa, the sun (shine) in Florida. While you (shovel) snow in Iowa, I (lie) on the beach in Florida. While Ted (shovel) snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife (bring) him a cup of hot chocolate.

Exercise 6. Use Simple Past or Past Progressive.

1. I (have, almost) a car accident last night. I (drive) down Washington Avenue when suddenly I (see) a car in my lane. It (come) right at my car. I (step) on the brakes and (swerve) to the right. The other car (miss, just) my car by about an inch.

2. Ten years ago, the government (decide) to begin a food program. At that time, many people in the rural areas of the country (starve) due to several years of drought.

3. It was my first day of class. I (find, finally) the right room. The room (be, already) full of students. On one side of the room, students (talk, busily) to each other in Spanish. Other students (speak) Japanese, and some (converse) in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of the students, however, (sit, just) quietly by themselves. I (choose) an empty seat in the last row and (sit) down. In a few minutes, the teacher (walk) into the room and all the multilingual conversation (stop).

4. A: (hear, you) what she just said? - B: No, I (listen, not). I (think) about something else.

5. A: Why weren’t you at the meeting? - B: I (wait) for an overseas call from my family.

6. A: I’m sure you met Carol Jones at the party last night. - B: I don’t remember her. What (wear, she)?

7. A: What’s wrong with your foot? - B: I (step) on a bee while I (run) barefoot through the grass. It (sting) me.

8. A: How (break, you) your arm? - B: I (slip) on the ice while I (cross) the street in front of the dorm.