Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the past continuous or past simple: 1. When the postman (come) _______, I (have) _______ breakfast 2. My sister (wash) _______ dishes while I (work) _______ in the garden 3. While I (talk) _______ to John, the telephone (ring) _______ 4. Mr. Taylor (watch) _______ television while his wife (read) _______ a newspaper 5. When I (leave) _______ the house this morning, It (rain) _______ very hard 6. John (talk) _______ to his friends when I (see) _______ him 7. I (see) _______ a bad accident while I (wait) _______ for you in this corner 8. As we (cross) _______ the street, the policeman (shout) _______ at us 9. That tourist (lose) _______ his camera while he (walk) _______ around the city 10. It (snow) _______ when I (get) _______ up this morning 11. Albert Einstein (die) _______ in 1955 12. Tom (go) _______ to the post office twice yesterday. 13. He (fall) _______ while he (go) _______ down the stairs 14. What _______ she (do) when you (arrive) _______ there? She (write) _______ a letter 15. She (have) _______ her bath while her sister (get) _______ the breakfast ready 16. I (go) _______ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) _______ so peacefully when I (look) _______ into your room that I (decide) _______ to do it alone 17. I (look) _______ up at the sky, dark clouds (gather) _______ 18. Just as I (write) _______ the letter, the inkpot (fall) _______ over 19. Mr. Nam (cook) _______ dinner when we (arrive) _______ 20. What _______ (you/do) when I (telephone) _______ you last night?

1 Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous or the past simple .

1 Jack .........was playing ..........( play ) a video game when his brother , Tom ..............entered ..............( enter ) the room .

2 I .................................( study ) for my English test when my mother .................................( come ) home from work .

3 I ..........................( read ) a book when my sister ..................................( leave ) for the cinema

4 Emma .................................( wash ) the dishes when the telephone ............................( ring )

5 I ..................................( write ) an email when the lights ............................( go ) out

I. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the past continuous or past simple:

11. Albert Einstein (die) ____died___ in 1955.

12. Tom (go) ____went___ to the post office twice yesterday.

13. He (fall) ___fell____ while he (go) _was going______ down the stairs

14. What ___did____ she (do) when you (arrive) ___arrived____ there? She (write) ___writed____ a letter

15. She (have) _______ her bath while her sister (get) _______ the breakfast ready

16. I (go) _______ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) _______ so peacefully when I (look) _______ into your room that I (decide) _______ to do it alone

17. I (look) _______ up at the sky, dark clouds (gather) _______

18. Just as I (write) _______ the letter, the inkpot (fall) _______ over

19.  Mr. Nam (cook) _______ dinner when we (arrive) _______

20. What _______  (you/do) when I (telephone) _______ you last night?

II. Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the correct tenses:

11. Why are you under the table? You (look) _______ for something?

12. _______ You (watch) TV last night? No, I (have) _______ supper and (go) _______ straight to bed

13. I (not like) _______ staying at hotels, but last summer, we (spend) _______ a few days at a very nice hotel by the sea.

14. Linda (be) _______ busy when we (go) _______ to see her yesterday. She (study) _______ for an exam. We (not want) _______ to disturb her, so we (not stay) _______ very long

15. When I first (tell) _______ Tom the news, he (not believe) _______ me. He (think) _______ that I (joke) _______

16. We usually (go) _______ to Spain on holiday, but this year we (go) _______ to France

17. We can go out now. It (not rain) _______ any more

18. The sun (warm) _______ the air and (give) _______ us light

19. What speed _______ the car (do) at the time of the accident?

20. They (study) _______ in the library when the fire alarm (go) _______ off

III. Cirle the best option to complete each sentence:

1. She usually _____ two hours a day

a. work                            b. is working                   c. works                 d. working

2. Don’t make noise. My mother _________ with her friends

a. is talking            b. was talking                  c. talks                             d. talked

3. Listen! They _________ about the exhibition . Let’s join them

a. talk                     b. talked                 c. are talking                    d. have talked

4. Where _____ your sister born?

a. were                             b. was                              c. did                     d. is

5. We _____ have white wine, but we _____ red wine

a. didn’t/had          b. don’t/had           c. did/didn’t           d. didn’t/have

6. When did you _________ see him?

a. recently              b. already               c. last                     d. lately

7. I _________ a bath when the phone rang

a. was having                   b. had                    c. am having                    d. have

8. I _____ her two week ago

a. seen                              b. was seeing                   c. saw                    d. have seen

9. I _____ to his house in 1991

a. moved                b. have been moving       c. have moved                 d. was moving

10. He came into the room while they _________ television

a. have watched     b. watched             c. were watching    d. have been watching

11. I fell asleep when I _____ television

a. am watching       b. am being watched        c. was watching     d. All are correct

12. They _____________ last week

a. didn’t come        b. came not            c. don’t come                   d. did come

13. Where are Geoff and Anne? _____________ in the garden

a. They’re sitting    b. They sitting                  c. There sitting       d. They’re siting

14. It’s very cold today and _____

a. It’s snowing                 b. it snows             c. its snowing                   d. it snowing

15. She goes to the library twice a week. She _____________ read books there

a. never                  b. usually               c. rarely                  d. once

16. At nine o’clock yesterday morning, we _____________ for the bus

a. are waiting                   b. waited                c. were waiting      d. was waiting

17. Tom _________ his hand when he was cooking the dinner

a. burnt                  b. was burning                 c. has burnt            d. had burnt

18. He _________ me every Sunday, and we often go fishing together

a. came to see                   b. comes to see      c. will be coming to seed. All answer are correct

19. The phone rang while she _________ dinner

a. cooks                 b. was cooking      c. is cooking                    d. has cooked

20. My sister _________ trouble with her motobike now, so she has to take the bus to work

a. have                             b. is having            c. was having                   d. had

21. When my mum got home, _________

a. the dinner be cooked                        b. I was cooking dinner

c. I am cooking dinner                         d. the dinner deing cooked

22. Emma and Katie usually _________ their grandmother at weekends

a. have visited                  b. visits                  c. visit                    d. are visiting

23. Peter was reading a book by Mark Twain _________ his friends came

a. while                  b. when                  c. during                d. if

24. Look! That boy _________ an elephant over there

a. fed                     b. was feeding                 c. feeds                  d. is feeding

25. He _________ in London at the moment

a. studies                b. has studied                   c. is studying                    d. will study

Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the past continuous.

1. They (help) _________ the flood victims at 10 o'clock last night.

2. It (not snow) _________ when I left home this afternoon.

3. While she (work) _________ the field, the tornado came.

4. - What _________ you (do) _________ at 9 o'clock yesterday morning?

- I (watch) _________ the news about a volcanic eruption.

5. - _________ you (cry) _________ when I saw you two days ago?

- No, I wasn't.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense

Last night I (read)..........when studenly I(hear)........a shout

The postman(come)........while I ( have )...........lunch

When we ( go ) ..........out, it ( rain ).............

( you/watch).........TV when I ( phone ) ............you?

We ( meet) Ann at the party yesterday, she ( wear ).............. a lovely white dress

The boy ( break )..........the windows while they ( play )...........football

I was home late, but my friends ( wait ).............when I ( arrive ) ...................

1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.

2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.

3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).

4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.

6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.

7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.

8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.

9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.

10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.

1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.

2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.

3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.

4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.

5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.

6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.

7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.

E2: Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous form the verbs.
1. Peter ___________ (play) a video game when his brother, Jack, ___________ (enter) the room.
2. I ___________ (study) for my English test when my mother ___________ (come) home from work.
3. Emma ___________ (wash) the dishes when the telephone ___________ (ring).
4. I ___________ (ate) a sandwich while my parents ___________ (drink) coffee.
5. I ___________ (watch) a DVD when my cat ___________ (jump) on me.
6. I ___________ (not hear) the thunder during the storm last night because I ___________ (sleep)
7. It (be) ___________ beautiful yesterday when we ___________ (go) for a walk in the park. The sun ___________ (shine). The birds ___________ (sing).
8. My brother and sister ___________ (talk) anout something when I ___________ (walk) into the room.
9. Tom ___________(go) to his friend’s house, but the boys ___________ (not be) there. They ___________ (play) soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
10. The little boy ___________ (fall) asleep while his mother ___________ (read) him a story.

11. I really ___________ (enjoy) my holiday last January. While it ___________ (snow) in Iowa, the sun ___________ (shine) in Floria.
12. It ___________ (snow) when I ___________ (leave) home this morning.
13. It was a sunny afternoon and people ___________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it ___________ (start) to rain.
14. My brother ___________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ___________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ___________ (listen) to his conversation.

15. We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
16. Susan ___________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing)
17. ___________ (you/ listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise?
18. Linda ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock ___________ (ring).

Task 3: Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.

1.      I (break) _____________ my arm while I (climb) _____________ a tree.

2.      My friends (swim) _____________ in the sea when he (see) _____________ an octopus.

3.      The police (catch) _____________ the thief while he (jump) _____________ over the wall.

4.      When my dad (get) _____________ home, we (not do) _____________ our homework.

5.      We (sit) _____________ in a café when you (call) _____________.

6.      What (she/see) _____________ while she (swim) _____________?

7.      What (you/do) _____________ at 9:00 last night?

8.      I (talk) _____________ to my friend on the phone when the bus (arrive) _____________.

9.      While Kate (drink)_____________ milk, she (drop) _____________ the glass.

10.  While I (listen)_____________ to music, I (hear) _____________ the doorbell.

Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I __________ (have) a crash while I__________ (learn) to drive.

2 Sam __________(get) his first job while he__________ (live) in London.

3 It __________ (rain), so we __________(decide) to cancel the barbecue.

4 What __________you __________ (do) when I (see) you in town?

5 Emma __________ (not hear) the phone ringing because she __________ (listen) to music in her bedroom.

6 Ryan __________ (break) his arm while he _________ (ski) in France.

7 Harry __________ (work) as a chef when he __________ (meet) Sally.

8 You obviously __________ (not listen) when I __________ (ask) you to turn down the music.