English Exercises Subordinate Conjunction

English – Past Cont & Conj

5th Grade

A) Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunctions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

They spent the night here ______ it was too late for them to go home. I cannot afford to buy this watch ______ I like it very much. She said that she can't come ______ she has a lot of work to do. You must shut all the windows ______ the rain will not come in. I returned the book to him ______ came back at once. The front door was locked, ______ I went round the house to the back. I could not sleep at all ______ the neighbor's cat was mewing the whole nigh long. ______ I had dressed as quickly as I could, I missed the bus. He was very wealthy, ______ he was also one of the most miserly men I had ever known. You can ______ use my bicycle ______ you can walk up the hill. They have stopped the game ______ it has started raining rather heavily. I have not seen your purse anywhere, _______ have I taken it. I read through the whole book, ______ I could not get the information I wanted. ______ he was very busy, he offered to help me ______ I did not know anything about the subject. I went to his house yesterday, ______ he was not in; ______ I left him a message to come to my house as soon as possible.

B) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS: 1. Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate). 2. I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work. 3. Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St. 4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study). 5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.

6. I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave). 7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………………………... (bake) cookies. 8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house. C) How did it happen? 1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer) ………………. She hurt herself while she was playing soccer. …………………………. 2. How did Martin burn himself? (iron his clothes) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. How did Helen cut herself? (slice onions) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. How did Jennifer meet her husband? (fix a flat tire) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. How did Marvin break his arm? (skate) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. How did you lose your wallet? (ride my bicycle) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. How did Jeff meet his wife? (swim at the beach) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. How did Bob get a black eye? (fight with his brother) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. How did your children burn themselves? (make breakfast) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 10. How did Martha fall? (dance) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… D) What’s the matter?

Tina Jack

What was he / she doing? ice-skate play football

What happened?

What’s the result?

fall on the ice kick the goalpost

break foot break leg

Bob Ann Alice

cycle skate dance

fall off the bike fall over trip over the carpet

injure hand break arm sprain ankle

Make dialogues as in the example: Example: You Tina You Tina

: Hi, Tina! What’s the matter with your foot? : I broke it. : How did it happen? : I fell on the ice while I was ice-skating.

1. You Jack You Jack

: ………………………………………………………………………………? : ………………………………………………………………………………. : ………………………………………………………………………………? : ………………………………………………………………………………

2. You Bob You Bob

: : : :

……………………………………………………………………………...? ……………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………...? ………………………………………………………………………………

3. You Ann You Ann

: : : :

…………………………………………………………………………….. ? ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………….. ? ………………………………………………………………………………

4. You Alice You Alice

: : : :

…………………………………………………………………………….. ? ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………….. ? ……………………………………………………………………………….

E) Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

He ………………………………….. (talk) with Mary, when Mrs. Smith came in. They ………………………………… (study) two hours last night. Jane …………………………………. (sleep) when the telephone rang. As I …………………………………. (walk) to the lab, I met my friend. We ………………………………….. (watch) TV last night. The customer ………………………… (pay) his cheque when he dropped his credit card. The barber …………………………………. (cut) my hair yesterday. She ………………………………. (dance) when she hurt her ankle. It …………………………………. (rain) hard when I got up. It …………………………………. (rain) hard last night.