Practice the Past Simple and Past Continuous

1.To Tom _____________ (to have) a terrible tummy ache yesterday, so he ______________ (to go) to the doctor.

2. When he ____________________ (to arrive) there __________________ (to be) a lot of people waiting in the queue.

3.While he __________________ (to wait) he ________________ (to make) friends with a young, attractive woman.

4.They _______________________ (to speak) about life and _______________ (to find) that they ____________________ (to have) a lot of things in common.

5.They __________________ (to talk) about their hobbies when the nurse finally ______________ (to call) him in.

6.The doctor ______________________ (to prescribe) some medicine, ________________ (to ask) him not to eat any junk food for the time being, but _______________________ (to promise) that he ________________ (will) be fine in no time.

7.As soon as the doctor ________________ (to finish) giving him advice, Tom ________________ (to rush) out of the clinic, hoping to find the young woman still waiting.

8.He ______________ (to be) happy to find that she _____________ (to be) still there, but shocked to see her in the company of another man.

9.The young man ____________________ (to hold) her hand, and they _______________ (to seem) very much in love.

10.Tom __________________ (to feel) angry and sad at the same time because he ______________ (to begin) to like the woman.

11.He ______________ (to be) so embarrassed that he just ________________ (to smile) at her and __________________ (to run) out of the clinic, feeling like an idiot.

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