G3a Unit 2 Lesson 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past tenses Exercise 1

Complete the conversation by filling in the correct verbs in the gaps.

saw

was burning

was walking

was sitting

had gone

ran

had done

opened

Past tenses Exercise 2

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs.

While people were running towards the river, a warehouse ______ (to explode).

1. explodes
2. was exploding
3. exploded
4. had exploded

When they noticed how serious the situation was, they _____ (to take) their possession and tried to get away.

1. take
2. was taking
3. took
4. had taken

A man ____ (to look) for his family when he found a baby in the street.

1. looks
2. was looking
3. looked
4. had looked

While they were thinking on how to stop the fire, it ___ (to become) clear that little could be done.

1. becomes
2. was becoming
3. became
4. had become

While the people in the bakery _____ (to make) bread, a small fire started in their shop.

1. make
2. were making
3. made
4. had made

Vocabulary exercise

Match the underlined words with the synonyms given.

struck

dove

smashed

fled

raging

grabbed

screaming

demolished

More practice

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