3 short passages whereby you need to fill in the blanks with the correct past simple or past simple continuous verb.

1. ©2021 Luke Gabriel
Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
a) It was ______________(rain) yesterday evening while father ______________(sit) on the
house patio _____________(sip) his favourite hot coffee. He was ______________(enjoy)
the sound and the smell of the rain. My mother also _________(will) sit together with him
and enjoy her masala tea while ___________(chat) and __________(laugh) together.
b) Some council workers were_______________(clear) the thick bushes around the
neighbourhood last week. As they were ______________ (clear) the bushes
,suddenly, a long python ___________(slide) from the undergrowth.
They________(get) shocked and managed to ___________(run) away. Later,
some personal from the fire department _____________(catch) the python and
____________(release) it back into the nearby jungle.
c) Amir’s parents ___________(pass) away when he was six years old in a road
accident. He was ___________(bring) up by his grandparents. They
_____________(love) Amir very much. Amir ___________(study) hard and
_____________(get) to study in a prestigious university in London. After
___________(graduate), he_________(work) as a manager in an international
company and was_______(earn) well. He____________(buy) a big house and
__________(bring) his grandparents to ___________(live) with him.
ENGLISH
(fill in the blanks with past simple or past simple continuous form)
GRAMMAR

2. ©2021 Luke Gabriel
Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
Sample Answer
a)raining, sat, sipping, enjoying, would, chatting, laughing
b)clearing, clearing, slid, got, run, caught, released
c)passed, brought, loved, studied, got, graduating, worked,
earning, bought, brought, live