Exercise 4. Open the brackets and use either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous.
1. I (to go) to the cinema yesterday.
2. I (to go) to the cinema at four o'clock yesterday.
3. I (to go) to the cinema when you met me.
4. I (to do) my homework the whole evening yesterday.
5. I (to do) my homework when mother came home.
6. I (to do) my homework yesterday.
7. I (to do) my homework from five till eight yesterday.
8. I (to do) my homework at six o'clock yesterday.
9. I (not to play) the piano yesterday. I (to write) a letter to my friend.
10. I (not to play) the piano at four o'clock yesterday. I (to read) a book.
11. He (not to sleep) when father came home. He (to do) his homework.
12. When we were in the country last summer, I (to go) to the wood one day. In the wood I
(to find) a little fox cub. I (to bring) it home. I (to decide) to tame the cub. Every day I (to
feed) it and (to take) care of it. I (to tame) it the whole summer. Now the fox cub is quite
tame. It lives in my house.
13. When I (to go) to school the day before yesterday, I met Mike and Pete. They (to talk) and
(to laugh). They told me a funny story. Soon I (to laugh), too. I still (to laugh) when we came
to school. After school I (to tell) this story at home. My father and mother (to like) it very
much.
Exercise 5. Open the brackets and use either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous.
1. At this time yesterday I (to sit) at the theatre.
2. He (to come) back to Almaty on the 15th of January.
3. I (to go) to the institute when I (to see) him.
4. At this time yesterday we (to have) dinner.
5. He (to write) a letter when I (to come) in.
6. He (to make) a report when I (to leave) the meeting.
7. Yesterday he (to write) a letter to his friend.
8. When I (to look) at them, they (to smile) at me.
9. What you (to do) at six o'clock yesterday?
10. I (to go) to bed at half past eleven.
11. Yesterday the lesson (to begin) at nine o'clock.
12. The cat (to take) a piece of fish 'and then (to run) away.
13. He (to read) a newspaper when I (to come) in.
14. Yesterday I (to get) up at seven o'clock.
15. The train (to start) at fifteen minutes to ten.
16. He (to put) on his coat and cap, (to open) the door and (to go) out.
