Question

I. Use the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or Past Continuous. 1. Yesterday she (write) a letter and (send) it to her pen-friend. 2. He (play) tennis at 4.30 yesterday afternoon. 3. Last night I (have) a terrible headache. 4. Kate (clean) the window when she fell off the ladder*. (* a ladder – лестница). 5. M. Monroe (act) in a lot of films. 6. Jack (talk) on the phone while Sally (make) lunch. 7. A. Fleming (discover*) penicillin in 1928. (*to discover – обнаруживать, открывать) 8. Harry (ski) when he fell over and broke his leg. 9. We (visit) our grandparents yesterday. 10. Tom (wash) his car while Sarah (play) with a kitten.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. Yesterday she wrote a letter and sent it to her pen-friend.

2. He was playing tennis at 4.30 yesterday afternoon.

3. Last night I had a terrible headache.

4. Kate was cleaning the window when she fell off the ladder*. (* a ladder – лестница).

5. M. Monroe acted in a lot of films.

6. Jack was talking on the phone while Sally was making lunch.

7. A. Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. (*to discover – обнаруживать, открывать)

8. Harry was skiing when he fell over and broke his leg.

9. We visited our grandparents yesterday.

10. Tom was washing his car while Sarah was playing with a kitten.

Answer 2

Ответ:

1.Yesterday she wrote a letter and sent it to her pen-friend.

2. He was playing tennis at 4.30 yesterday afternoon.

3. Last night I had a terrible headache.

4. Kate was cleaning the window when she fell off the ladder*. (* a ladder – лестница).

5. M. Monroe acted in a lot of films.

6. Jack was talking on the phone while Sally was making lunch.

7. A. Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. (*to discover – обнаруживать, открывать)

8. Harry was skiing when he fell over and broke his leg.

9. We visited our grandparents yesterday.

10. Tom was washing his car while Sarah was playing with a kitten.

Answer 3

Certainly! Here's the completion of the sentences using the verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense:

1. Yesterday she wrote a letter and sent it to her pen-friend. 2. He was playing tennis at 4.30 yesterday afternoon. 3. Last night I had a terrible headache. 4. Kate was cleaning the window when she fell off the ladder. 5. M. Monroe acted in a lot of films. 6. Jack was talking on the phone while Sally was making lunch. 7. A. Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. 8. Harry was skiing when he fell over and broke his leg. 9. We visited our grandparents yesterday. 10. Tom washed his car while Sarah was playing with a kitten.

These sentences depict actions that were happening at specific times in the past, some as single events in the past (Past Simple) and some as ongoing actions (Past Continuous).