Exercises
1.- Escribe el verbo entre paréntesis en "past simple" o "past continuous" según corresponda:
Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I ________ TV (to watch)
The police arrested the murderer when he ________ an old woman (to attack)
My uncle ________ all his fortune playing in casinos (to lose)
Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost ________ its banks (to burst)
Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans ________ (to fight)
Last Friday my father ________ to Paris to visit my brother who works there (to go)
They ________ the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (to finish)
My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema because she ________ (to study)
When the teacher entered the classroom the students ________ very loudly (to speak)
That terrible accident ________ yesterday evening (to happen)
Last night when the thieves ________ into my house I was sleeping (to break)
My parents ________ in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (to get married)
The Socialist Party ________ the last elections and is now in power (to win)
The other day when I ________ tennis I hurt my leg (to play)
Philip ________ at home in very strange circumstances (to die)
Susan ________ Law in the university of Madrid (to study)
Yesterday when you came home I ________ the dog (to walk)
The plane ________ into the mountains due to the weather conditions (to crash)
He ________ late at the station and missed his train (to arrive)
The mother went to calm her little baby because she ________ (to cry)
My neighbour ________ a heart attack last year and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)
This morning while my friends played football I ________ my homework (to do)
Last summer we ________ to the south of Spain for our holiday (to go)
Yesterday night it was raining when we ________ the Theatre (to leave)
This morning the dog ________ the postman when he was delivering the mail (to attack)
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