Past Simple - Past Continues

1. Hero saves Man's Life

take - drive - see - pull

Jack Easton, 28, 1)______________________ home from work at around 6.30 in the evening when he 2)_______________________ a yellow car crash into a tree. Without thinking of his own safety, he 3)_______________________ the young chauffeur out of the car and 4)_______________________ him straight to hospital.

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2. Lottery Win for Unemployed Man

receive - watch - read - be - Gve - take

Unemployed painter, John Phillips, 1)____________ a very pleasant surprise last night. He 2)___________________ TV when a man from the lottery 3)________________________ the winning numbers. They 4)________________________ the numbers on John's ticket. He had won £1,000,000. He immediately 5)________________________ his wife a big kiss and 6)________________________ his whole family out for an expensive meal.

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3. The lost Penguin

see (2x) - hold (2x) - say (4x) - find - take - not take

One day a policeman was walking in the park. He 1)_______________________ a man. The man 2)_______________________a penguin. The man 3)_______________________to the policeman: “I 4)_______________________this penguin this morning. What shall I do with it?” “Take it to the zoo,” 5)_______________________the policeman.

The next day the policeman 6)_______________________the man again. He 7)_________ still _________________ the penguin. The policeman 8)_______________________: “Why 9)_________ you _________________ the penguin to the zoo?” “I did,” 10)____________________the man. “I 11)_______________________him to the zoo yesterday. Today I'm taking him to the cinema.”

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4. For Sale

take - say (3x) - think - notice - look (2x) -Ask - come - see - offer - go - tell - can

A friend of mine was walking home the other day when he 1)_______________________ a hand-written sign on the windscreen of a beautiful red sports car. The sign 2)_______________________ “For sale - £10”. While he 3)___________________ at the car, a woman 4)_______________________ out of a house and 5)_______________________: “Are you interested?” My friend 6)_______________ that he was interested but he 7)________________ that there must be a catch. But then the woman 8)_______________________ to show him some more things which 9)_______________________ for sale inside the house with her. She 10)_______________________ him into the lounge and there he 11)_______________________ a set of golf clubs, a Macintosh computer, some expensive suits and a hi-fi - and they all 12)_______________ brand new.

The woman 13)_______________________ him he 14)_______________________ have them all for £10. By this time my friend had grew very suspicious. So he 15)_______________________ her what was going on. The woman said, “My husband and I have separated. He's been having an affair with his secretary. Before he went off on holiday with his new love, he asked me to sell all this belongings and give him whatever money I got for them. So that's just what I'm doing!.”

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