Assignment - Past tense & past progressive
Dear students, please work on the following exercises!
1. Lengkapilah artikel majalah di bawah ini menggunakan bentuk kata kerja yang tepat. Gunakan simple past tense, past progressive/continuous tense, atau was/were going to.
First Meeting
What were you (1 do) doing when you first (2 meet) __________ that special person in your life? A few months ago, we (3 ask) __________ couples to tell us about themselves. (4 Be) __________ it love at first sight or __________ you (5 hate) __________each other? ____ you (6 marry) __________ someone else before you (7 find) __________ your One True Love? Read some of the great stories from our readers.
Dana and I sure (8 not fall) __________ in love at first sight! We (9 work) __________ in the same office when we (10 meet) __________. At the time the company (11 hire) __________ me, she (12 try) __________ to get a promotion. It (13 be) my first job. I (14 feel) __________ scared, so I (15 pretend) __________ to know everything. Of course, Dana (16 think) __________ I (17 want) __________ to get the promotion instead of her.
One day I (18 work) __________ on a problem when she (19 come) __________ into my office. I (20 not ask) __________ her for help, but I was stuck, so finally I did. And guess what? She (21 solve) __________ it! So then we (22 stop) __________ competing with each other and (23 fall) __________ in love instead.
Van and I (24 take) __________ the same high school social studies class when we (25 meet) __________. We (26 become) __________ friends right away. At the time, I (27 date) __________ someone else, and Van (28 not seem) __________ interested in a romantic relationship. One day the teacher (29 hear) __________ me while I (30 whisper) __________ to Van. Because of that, we both (31 have to) __________ stay after school. I (32 complain) __________ about such a severe punishment, but I (33 change) __________ my mind because staying late with a friend (34 not be) __________ so bad. That afternoon, we (35 not stop) __________ talking. As soon as I (36 break up) __________ with my old boyfriend, I (37 ask) __________Van out.
Aleesha (38 move) __________ into the apartment next door when I (39 see) __________ her for the first time. I (40 sit) __________ on the front steps while she (41 park) __________ a U-Haul in front of the apartment building. As soon as she (42 jump) __________ out of the truck, I (43 think) __________, “I’m going to marry that woman.” I (44 ask) __________ her out right away, but a guy (45 help) __________ her move. He (46 look) __________ like her boyfriend. But I (47 not give up) __________ my plan to marry her. One day, I (48 run into) __________ Aleesha and her “boyfriend” in the hall. She (49 introduce) __________ me to her brother! I (50 invite) __________ her to dinner the next weekend.