Question

II. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous. 1) He … (read) a poem when I entered the classroom. 2) I … (swim) a lot when I was a little boy. 3) I called you yesterday but you … (not answer).

Answer 1

Ответ:

1) He was reading a poem when I entered the classroom. (Он находился В ПРОЦЕССЕ чтения, когда я зашёл в класс, поэтому тут continuous)

2) I swam a lot when I was a little boy. (Тут просто паст симпл, так как это просто факт, раньше я много плавал).

3) I called you yesterday but you didn’t answer (тоже паст симпл, так как просто передана информация о прошлом)

Объяснение:

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the appropriate verb forms in Past Simple or Past Continuous:

1. He was reading a poem when I entered the classroom.
2. I used to swim a lot when I was a little boy.
3. I called you yesterday but you did not answer.