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Homework for 9th Grade
1 Past continuous or simple? (A-B)
David is always having accidents. His girlfriend Melanie is talking about some of the accidents. Write her sentences from these notes. Eachsentence has one verb in the past continuous and one in the past simple.

? when / he / carry / a suitcase / he / drop / it / on his foot
When he was carrying a suitcase, he dropped it on hisfoot.
? he / break / his leg / when / he / ski
He broke his leg when he was skiing.
1 he / sit down / on a chair / while / I / paint / it
2 as / he / run / for a bus / he / collide / with a lamppost3 his hair / catch / fire / when / he / cook / chips
4 when / he / hold / a beautiful vase / he / suddenly / drop / it
5 he / sit / in the garden / when / a wasp / sting / him / on the nose
2 Pastcontinuous or simple? (A-B)
Put in the correct form of the verb.
Rita: I hear the lights (►) went (go) out in your flats last night.
Emma: Yes, (►) / was watching (I / watch) a documentary on TVwhen suddenly
(1)……….. ........................ (we / lose) all the power. But
(2)…………………………...(it / come) on again after about ten minutes.
Vicky: Rachel (3)…………………………… (come) down the stairs whenthe lights
(4)…………………………… (go) out. She almost (5)…………………………. (fall) over.
Daniel: Matthew and I (6)……………………. .........(play) table tennis at the time.
Andrew: (7)………………................. (I / work)on the computer.
(8) (I / lose) a whole hour's work. But this morning
(9) (I/get) up early and (10)……………………… (do) it again.
3 Past continuous or simple? (A-C)
Find the second part of eachsentence. Put each verb into the correct form.
? Vicky (have) a beautiful dream when she (touch) the wire.
? When Andrew (see) the question, when I (find) a £10 note in it.
1 The train (wait) when thealarm clock (ring).
2 I (read) a library book the crowd (rush) in.
3 Sarah (have) an electric shock he (know) the answer immediately.
4 When the doors (open), they (see) that the sun (shine).
5 When...