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UNIT 1
TENSES

EXERCISE 3 Fill in the blanks with Simple Past or Past Continuous forms of the verbs in
parentheses.

1. He _______________ (stand) there on the corner when he _______________ (hear) strange light footsteps

coming towards him.

2. When they _______________ (eat) dinner, she _______________ (tell) him about her problems at the
police station.

3. While he _____________ (wait) for Swanson to show up, a woman in bright red raincoat _____________

(come) into the restaurant.

4. While she _______________ (stroll) in the garden at dusk, she _______________ (become) aware of a
figure standing motionless some distance away across the flower beds.

5. When I _______________ (look) at them, I _______________ (find) them staring back at me.

6. I _______________ (think) I had explored the whole house when I _______________ (notice) another door
out of the kitchen into the backyard.

7. They _______________ (throw) wild parties every weekend while they _______________ (live) in London.

8. As the two of them _______________ (keep) an eye on the guards, the other two _______________ (fill)
their pockets with cigarettes as quickly as they could.

9. While I _______________ (cry) my eyes out every day from morning till evening here in gloomy London, he

_______________ (lie) on a beach in Caribbean with his new girlfriend next to him.

10. When I finally _______________ (finish) my project after two long weeks, I _______________ (pick) up
my car keys, _______________ (jump) into my car and _______________ (drive) two hours without ever
stopping.

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