Fill in the blanks with the past simple or the past continuous:
1. When I
(arrive) the teacher
(write) the summary.
2. He
(cross) the road when I
(see) him.
3. Why
(wake up)?
(they/ shout) at you when i
(fix) the computer when I
4. They
(open) the door.
5.
(Mary/break) her leg while she
(skate)?
6.1
(sleep) when she
(knock) on the door.
7. When I
(see) Jim at the disco he
(not/talk) to the Dj.
8.1
(watch) a film on TV when the electricity
Click to close
out
9. The Titanic
(not/ cross) the Pacific Ocean when it
strike) an iceberg
Answers
Answer:
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Here is the answer you are searching for,
1. When I arrived the teacher was writing the summary.
2. He was crossing the road when I saw him.
3. I didn't understand
4. They opened the door.
5. Mary broke her leg while she was skating ?
6. I was sleeping when she knocked at the door.
7. When I saw Jim at the disco he was not talking to the Dj.
8. I was watching a film on TV when the electricity.
9. The Titanic didn't cross the Pacific Ocean when it striked an iceberg.
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Answer:
The blanks can be filled with the correct past simple or the past continuous as follows:
1. When I arrived the teacher was writing the summary.
2. He was crossing the road when I saw him.
3. Why they were shouting at you when I woke up?
4. When I was fixing the computer, they opened the door.
5. Mary broke her leg while she was skating.
6. I was sleeping when she knocked at the door.
7. When I saw Jim at the disco he wasn't talking to the Dj.
8. I was watching a film on TV when the electricity clicked to close out.
9. The Titanic wasn't crossing the Pacific Ocean when it struck an iceberg.
Explanation:
- In English grammar, the term ‘tense’ is used to denote a characteristic of the verb or the action word in a sentence.
- The tense of a verb is used to depict the time reference of a particular or specific event taking place.
- The tense is mostly used for an ongoing action or event in a time which began or existed in the past.
- It can also be used to describe an unfinished action that was interrupted by another event or action.
Simple Past Tense:
- The basic tense which is used to talk about or describe the past time frame of an event or action (that happened in the past, before now or existed no more now), is called the simple past/ past indefinite tense.
- This follows the structure: root form of the verb+ -d/-ed i.e. verb 2 form.
Past continuous Tense:
- The past continuous or past progressive is a verb tense which shows an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time.
- Structure follows: past simple with 'be' (subject + was/were)+ -ing.
We use past progressive to describe,
- Action in the past which overlaps/interrupts another action or a time.
- The action in the past continuous starts before now and often continues after the other shorter action or time.
- For parallel actions
- To emphasise the length and duration of action
- For past habits with time word
- Since here the sentences are showing the interrupted, overlapped actions, we use past simple followed by past progressive to denote the same.
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