PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS
1.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Continuous:
A tramp
(walk) along a country road. He
(chew) a piece of
grass because he
(feel) hungry. He
(see) a pond with a large white duck
swimming round and round on it. He
Gump) over the hedge and
(run)
towards the duck.
He
(sit) by the pond with a large pile of white feathers beside him, when the farmer
(come) across the field, waving his arms. Humedly, the tramp
(put) the duck
back into the water. The farmer
(point) to the pond and
(shout)
What's the matter with my duck?'
Ah'
(say) the tramp quietly, it just
(want) to go for
a swim and I
(look) after its clothes!