EXERCISE 19. Simple past vs. past progressive. (Charts 2-9 and 2-10) Directions: Use the simple past or the past progressive of the verbs in parentheses. 1. I am sitting in class right now. I (sit) was sitting in class at this exact same time yesterday. 7. I got a package in the mail. When I (open) it, I (find) a surprise. 8. While Mrs. Emerson (read) the little boy a story, he (fall) asleep, so she (close) the book and quietly (tiptoe) out of the room. 9. A: Why weren't you at the meeting? B: I (wait) for an overseas call from my family. 10. A: (you, hear) what she just said? B: No, I (listen, not) I (think) about something else. 11. A: How (you, break) your arm? B: I (slip) on the ice while I (cross) the street in front of the dorm. 12. A: I'm sure you met Carol Jones at the party last night B: I don't remember her. What (she, wear) ? 13. It was my first day of class. I (find, finally) the right room. The room (be, already) full of students. On one side of the room, students (talk, busily) to each other in Spanish. Other students (speak) Japanese, and some (converse) in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of the students, however, (sit, just) quietly by themselves. I (choose) an empty seat in the last row and (sit) down. In a few minutes, the teacher (walk) into the room and all the multilingual conversation (stop)