Fill in the blank spaces with the past simple or the past progressive tense of the verb in brackets. 1.The children (visit) …………their grandfather last Sunday. 2.Alex(make)………………..model aeroplanes from 4 p.m to midnight yesterday. 3. While I (go)……………….to school, I (meet)…………my friend, Kate. 4.Last night, while Jane (wash)…………..dishes, her brother (sweep)……….. the dinning room. 5.My grandfather (plant)…………………… those trees over fifty years ago. 6.When I (be)……………..…… a child, I always (kick)…………….my ball through the windows. 7.At 12 o'clock yesterday we (lie)………………….. on the beach. 8.Alex (wake)…………….….. up late yesterday and (miss)…………… the bus. 9.They (watch)………..……….TV when the earthquake (begin)…………….. . 10.I was very tired yesterday because I (work)………………hard all day. 11.Christ often (go)…………….. fishing last summer. 12.As Ann (clean)…………..her room, she (find)…………. her lost earring. 13.When I (drop)…………….my cup, the coffee (spill)……………..on my shirt. 14.At this time last year we (work)……………. in Saudi Arabia. We(live)………… there for five years before moving to England. 15.When I (study)…………….at university, I (read) …………………a lot of books. 16.Miss Brown (teach)…………… us last week because our teacher was ill. 17.He (teach)……………. at Harvard University in 1985. 18.My sister (always/ ask)………………. silly questions when she was a child. 19.My sister and I (watch)……………. the cartoons on TV every Saturday last year. 20.I (run)……………….to class when I (fall) ……………………….down the stairs.
1 visited
2 was making
3 was going - met
4 was washing - was sweeping
5 planted
6 was - kicked
7 were lying
8 woke - missed
9 were watching - began
10 was working
11 went
12 was cleaning - found
13 dropped - spilled
14 were working - lived
15 was studying - read
16 taught
17 taught
18 was always asking
19 watched
20 was running - fell
