Past Tense Challenge
Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
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I on my computer late last night when all the lights in my apartment suddenly out. I in complete darkness for a moment. Outside, the wind fiercely. I up to find a candle when I a strange scratching sound at the window.
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Yesterday afternoon, I through the city park when I a crowd of people. They around a street performer who fire torches. While I , he one of the torches, but he skillfully it back into the air.
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My sister home from work during the storm last week. It so hard that she could barely see the road. As she a big intersection, a tree branch onto the road right in front of her. She on the brakes just in time.
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While my parents me last weekend, we to cook a big dinner together. My dad vegetables while my mom and I the sauce. Everything well until my dad away for a second and accidentally salt instead of sugar to the salad dressing.
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Leo his attic when he his grandfather's old journal. He down on a dusty trunk and to read. While he about his grandfather's adventures, he things about his family that he never before.
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The detective the crime scene carefully. A cold draft through an open window, which someone obviously to close. While he for clues, he a small, muddy footprint under the desk.
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We a barbecue in our backyard when the trouble . My uncle the burgers, and my cousins volleyball. Suddenly, the ball over the net and directly in the potato salad.
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Sara for the bus this morning, and she impatient because it was late. A man next to her loudly on his phone. Just as she to walk instead, the bus around the corner.
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I about being on a tropical island. In my dream, I in a hammock, and the warm sun on my face. A waiter me a cold drink when my alarm clock and me up.
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The band their final song of the concert. Thousands of fans along and their phones in the air like candles. As the last note away, the lead singer , "Thank you, goodnight!" and the crowd in cheers.