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VII. Put the verb into the correct form using Present Simple or Continuous.

A Trekking Journal November 12, 1997

Today … (be) the second day of my trek around Mount Annapurna. I am exhausted and my legs … (shake); I just hope I am able to complete the trek. My feet… (kill, really) me and my toes… (bleed), but …I (want, still) to continue. Nepal is a fascinating country, but I have a great deal to learn. Everything… (be) so different, and I …(try) to adapt to the new way of life here. I …(learn) a little bit of the language to make communication easier; unfortunately, I… (learn, not) foreign languages quickly. Although I … (understand, not) much yet, I believe that I … (improve, gradually). I … (travel, currently) with Liam, a student from Leeds University in England. He … (be) a nice guy, but impatient. He… (walk, always) ahead of me and …(complain) that I am too slow. I … (do) my best to keep up with him, but he is younger and stronger than I am. Maybe, I am just feeling sorry for myself because I am getting old. Right now, Liam… (sit) with the owner of the inn. They… (discuss) the differences between life in England and life in Nepal. I… (know, not) the real name of the owner, but everybody …(call, just) him Tam. Tam … (speak) English very well and he…. (try) to teach Liam some words in Nepali. Every time Tam … (say) a new word, Liam… (try) to repeat it. Unfortunately, Liam … (seem, also) to have difficulty learning foreign languages. I just hope we don't get lost and have to ask for directions.

VIII. What were you doing at the following times? The past continuous is not always necessary.

  1. (at 8 o’clock yesterday evening)………………………………………………

2. (at 5 o’clock last Saturday)……………………………………………………

3. (at 10.15 yesterday morning)………………………………………………….

4. (at 4.30 this morning)………………………………………………………….

5 (at 7.45 yesterday evening)……………………………………………………..

6 (half an hour ago)……………………………………………………………….

IX. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use the past continuous.

1. Tom burnt his hand while he…………………………………………………………

2.The doorbell rang while I……………………………………………………………

3.We saw an accident while we…………………………………………………………

4.Mary fell asleep while she……………………………………………………………

5.The television was on but nobody…………………………………………………….

X. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

1. Jane … (wait) for me from 5 to 6 p.m.

2. What … (do/you) this time yesterday?

3. Was Carol at the party last night? Yes, she……….. (wear) a really nice dress.

4. How fast… (you/drive) when the accident happened?

5. John … (take) a photograph of me while I … (not/looking)

6. I haven’t seen Alan for ages. When I last … (see) him, he … (try) to find a job in London.

7. I… (walk) along the street when suddenly I heard footsteps behind me. Somebody… (follow) me.

8. When I was young I … (work) as a bus driver.

XI. Put the verbs into the correct form using Past Simple or Continuous.

1. A: What (you, do) when the accident occurred? B: I (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 2. After I (find) the wallet full of money, I (go, immediately) to the police and (turn) it in. 3. The doctor (say) that Tom (be) too sick to go to work and that he (need) to stay at home for a couple of days. 4. Sebastian (arrive) at Susan's house a little before 9:00 pm, but she (be, not) there. She (study, at the library) for her final examination in French. 5. Sandy is in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she (watch, also) television. That's all she ever does! 6. A: I (call) you last night after dinner, but you (be, not) there. Where were you? B: I (work) out at the fitness center. 7. When I (walk) into the busy office, the secretary (talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer service. 8. I (watch) a mystery movie on T.V. when the electricity went out. Now I am never going to find out how the movie ends. 9. Sharon (be) in the room when John told me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (listen, not). 10. It's strange that you (call) because I (think, just) about you. 11. The Titanic (cross) the Atlantic when it (strike) an iceberg. 12. When I entered the bazaar, a couple of merchants (bargain, busily) and (try) to sell their goods to naive tourists who (hunt) for souvenirs. Some young boys (lead) their donkeys through the narrow streets on their way home. A couple of men (argue) over the price of a leather belt. I (walk) over to a man who (sell) fruit and (buy) a banana. 13. The firemen (rescue) the old woman who (be) trapped on the third floor of the burning building. 14. She was so annoying! She (leave, always) her dirty dishes in the sink. I think she (expect, actually) me to do them for her. 15. Samantha (live) in Berlin for more than two years. In fact, she (live) there when the Berlin wall came down.