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Simple or progressive preterite

Complete with the verbs in the right tense.

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1. I (read) a book when you came into my bedroom.

2. Yesterday the journalist (interview) the famous actress while she was sunbathing on a beach.

3. Christopher Colombus (discover) America in 1492.

4. In 1890, people (can not) use computers.

5. This morning the hairdresser (cut) my hair while I was reading a newspaper.

6. The cat (observe) the fish while it was swimming.

7. Lady Diana (die) in a car accident 9 years ago.

8. Walt Disney (create) Mickey Mouse in 1928.

9. The dog barked when it (see) the postman in front of the house.

10. I dropped a plate when I (hear) the baby scream.

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