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 came - was having
2 was washing - was working
3 was talking - rang
4 was watching - was reading
5 left - was raining
6 was talking - saw
7 saw - was waiting
8 were crossing - shouted
9 lost - was walking
10 was snowing - got
11 died
12 went
13 fell - was going
14 was she doing - arrived - was writing
15 was having - was getting
16 went - were sleeping - looked - decided
17 looked- were gathering
18 was writing - fell
19 was cooking - arrived
20 were you doing - telephoned
Complete the sentences, putting the verbs into the past continuous or past simple: 1. When the postman (come) ___came____, I (have) __was having_____ breakfast 2. My sister (wash) ___was washing____ dishes while I (work) ____was working___ in the garden 3. While I (talk) ___was talking___ to John, the telephone (ring) ____rang___ 4. Mr. Taylor (watch) ___was watching____ television while his wife (read) ___was reading____ a newspaper 5. When I (leave) _____left__ the house this morning, It (rain) ____was raining___ very hard 6. John (talk) ___was talking____ to his friends when I (see) ___saw____ him 7. I (see) ____saw___ a bad accident while I (wait) ____was waiting___ for you in this corner 8. As we (cross) _____was crossing__ the street, the policeman (shout) ___shouted____ at us 9. That tourist (lose) _____lost__ his camera while he (walk) ____was walking___ around the city 10. It (snow) _was snowing______ when I (get) ____got___ up this morning 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 ____was___ she (do)doing when you (arrive) __arrived_____ there? She (write) __was writing_____ a letter 15. She (have) _____was having__ her bath while her sister (get) __was getting_____ the breakfast ready 16. I (go) ___was going____ to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) were sleeping _____ so peacefully when I (look) _____ looked__ into your room that I (decide) ___ decided____ to do it alone 17. I (look) ___ looked ____ up at the sky, dark clouds (gather) ____ were gathering___ 18. Just as I (write) ___ was writing____ the letter, the inkpot (fall) _____fell__ over 19. Mr. Nam (cook) ___ was cooking____ dinner when we (arrive) ___ arrived____ 20. What ___ were you doing____ (you/do) when I (telephone) __ telephoned_____ you last night?
