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Past simple or Past continuous Thì Quá khứ đơn giản và Thì Quá khứ tiếp diễn

1. He (sit) ¹ …………on the bank fishing when he (see) ²  ………… a man’s hat floating down the river. It (seem) ³  …………  to be a strange thing.
2. The dentist’s waiting room was full of people. Some (read) ⁴ ………… magazines, others just (turn) ⁵  …………over the pages. A woman (knit) ⁶  …………; a child (play) ⁷  ………… with a toy car. Suddenly the door (open) ⁸  ………… and the nurse (say) ⁹  …………, ‘Next, please”.
3. When I (reach) ¹⁰  ………… the street I (realize) ¹¹  ………… that I (not know) ¹²  ………… the number of Tom’s house. I (wonder) ¹³  ………… what to do about it when Tom himself (tap) ¹⁴  …………me on the shoulder.
4. As the goalkeeper (run) ¹⁵  ………… forward to seize the ball a bottle (strike)¹⁶ …………on the shoulder.
5. I (look) ¹⁷  ………… through the classroom window. A geometry lesson (go) ¹⁸  ………… on. The teacher (draw) ¹⁹  …………diagram on the blackboard.
6. Most of the boys (listen) ²⁰ ………… to the teacher but a few (whisper) ²¹ ………… to each other, and Tom (read) ²²  ………… a history book. Tom (hate) ²³  ………… mathematics; he always (read) ²⁴  ………… history during the mathematics lesson.
7. Everyone (read) ²⁵  ………… quietly when suddenly the door (open) ²⁶ …………  and a complete stranger (rush) ²⁷  ………… in.
8. I (got) ²⁸  ………… to Jack’s house but (not find) ²⁹  ………… him in. His mother (say) ³⁰  ………… that she (not know) ³¹  ………… what he (do) ³²  …………but (think) ³³  …………he probably (play) ³⁴ ………… football.
9. This used to be a station and all the London trains (stop) ³⁵  ………… here. But two years ago they (close) ³⁶  …………the station and (give) ³⁷  …………us a bus service instead.
10. She (promise) ³⁸  ………… not to report me to the police but ten minutes later I (see) ³⁹  ………… her talking with a policeman and from the expression on his face I am sure that she (tell) ⁴⁰  ………… him about it.

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