Past Simple and Past Continuous

Now that you have learnt how to use the past continuous at school , here you have some exercises to practise!!!

Past Continuous vs Past Simple gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, with the right form of the verb in bracket.

James Ellis (go)................................ on a business trip last week. He (visit).............................. some customers in Frankfurt. He (leave).................................... home early on Monday morning and (take).................................. a taxi to the airport. He (get)..................................... there at about 8 o'clock. He (check in)........................................ and (go) .............................to the airport lounge. He (buy)...................................... a newspaper and (go)................................. to get a coffee.
He (drink).................................. his coffee when he (see) ..........................an old friend, Bob. He ............................. very surprised that Bob (be)............................. in London and (find out) ...........................that he (start) ...........................................a new job in the city. As they(speak) ...................................they (hear).................................... an announcement. "Would all passengers for the 9.30 flight to Frankfurt please go to boarding gate 10". James (say).......................... goodbye to Bob and as they (leave) .....................................Bob (give).................................... him his business card and (ask)................................him to phone when he (return) .......................................from Frankfurt.
After (board)........................................... James (put)............................. his briefcase in the overhead locker and (sit)................................ down. During the flight, James (do) ..............................some paper work and (speak) .................................to the woman sitting next to him, while they (speak) ..................................the flight attendant (bring) ...............................breakfast.
When the plane (land)................................... in London, it was almost 11 o'clock.James (take) ...........................a train to his hotel. Then he (walk)......................................... to the customer's office. He (get)......................... there at 1.00 pm and (go)............................ to the reception desk. The receptionist (ask).......................... him to wait. While he (wait)................................. she (offer)....................................... him a drink. He and his customer (talk)............................ all afternoon. When Bob (get) ..........................................to his hotel at 7 o'clock that night, he (phone)...................................... his wife and then (go) ................................to the hotel restaurant.


past simple or continuous
Gap-fill exercise
Complete with past simple or past continuous

While I (talk)............................. to my friends at the disco last Saturday a boy I (know)................................... called John (come)............................. up to me and (ask).................................... me to dance. While we (dance)...................................., he accidentally (stand)..................................... on my foot. I (scream)................................ in pain. We (stop).................................. dancing and (walk).................................. over to the bar. While we (walk).................................., I (notice) ...................................some other friend of mine. They (start) ...........................................to argue. I (ignore)................................... them and while John (order).......................................... the drinks, I (hope)................................. for a better evening.

We are the world

Listen and complete the following song.

We are the world

There comes a when we heed a certain call When the world must together as There are dying Oh… And it's time to lend a to life The greatest gift of all We can't on pretending day by That someone, somewhere will soon make a We all part of God's great big And the truth, you know, is all we We are the , we are the . We are the ones who a brighter , so let's giving There's a choice we're , we're saving our own It's true we'll make a better day, just and Well… Send them your , so they'll know that someone cares And their lives will be stronger and As God has shown by turning stones to So we all lend a helping Chorus: We the , we the , we are the ones make a brighter . So let's giving. Oh… There's a choice we're making, we're our own lives. It's we'll a better , you me When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all But if you just there's no we fall Well, well, well, well… let us realize … that a can come When we stand as . Chorus: … We the world, we are the , we are the who make a brighter day, so let's start . There's a we're making, we're our lives. It's true we'll a day, just and . We are the , we are the , we the make a brighter day, so let's giving. There's choice we're making, we're our own . It's true we'll make a better day, you me. We are the world...

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