Exercise 7: Complete this email with either the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Where alternatives are possible, think about any difference in meaning. I (1. buy) ____________ a new alarm clock the other day in Taylors the jewellers, when I actually (2. see) ____________ somebody shoplifting. Id finished paying for my clock and as I (3. turn) ____________ round, an elderly woman (4. slowly put) ____________ a silver plate into a bag that she (5. carry) ____________. Then she (6. walk) ____________ over to another part of the shop and (7. pick up) ____________ an expensive-looking watch a number of times. When she (8. think) ____________ that nobody (9. look) ____________, she (10. drop) ____________ it into the bag. Before I (11. have) ____________ a chance to tell the staff in the shop, she (12. notice) ____________ that I (13. watch) ____________ her and (14. hurry)____________ out. Unfortunately for her, two police officers (15. walk) ____________ past just at that moment and she (16. run) ____________ straight into them. Exerccise 8: Complete the sentences using these pairs of verbs. Use the past simple in one gap and the past continuous in the other. come - show get - go hope - give live - spend look - see play - break start - check in 1. Just as I was getting into the bath all the lights went off. 2. I..to go away this weekend, but my boss..me some work that I have to finish by Monday. 3. When I..in Paris, Ithree hours a day travelling to and from work. 4. A friendly American couple..chatting to him as heat the hotel reception. 5. I bumped into Lena last week. She.a lot better than when I last..her. 6. My boss..into the office just as Ieveryone my holiday photos. 7. I.badminton four times a week before I..my ankle