The simple past and the past continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
10 When I arrived she (have) lunch.
12 What you (think) of his last book? ~ I (like) it very much.
14 He suddenly (realize) that he (travel) in the wrong direction.
15 He (play) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw) out a bucket of water.
16 I just (open) the letter when the wind (blow) it out of my hand.
18 When I (look) for my passport I (find) this old photograph.
19 You looked very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)?20 The boys (play) cards when they (hear) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books.
21 He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.
10 When I arrived she (have)was having lunch.
12 What did you (think)think of his last book? ~ I (like) liked it very much.
14 He suddenly (realize)realized that he (travel)travelled in the wrong direction.
15 He (play) was playing the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw)threw out a bucket of water.
16 I had just (open)opened the letter when the wind (blow)blew it out of my hand.
18 When I (look) was looking for my passport I (find) found this old photograph.
19 You looked very busy when I (see)saw you last night. What were you (do)doing?
20 The boys (play)were playing cards when they (hear)heard their father's step. They immediately (hide)hided the cards and (take) out their lesson books.
21 He (clean) his gun when it accidentally (go) off and (kill) him.
10 When I arrived she (was having) lunch.
12 What did you (think) of his last book? ~ I (liked) it very much.
14 He suddenly (realized) that he (was traveling) in the wrong direction.
15 He (was playing) the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throwed) out a bucket of water.
16 I were just (opening) the letter when the wind (blew) it out of my hand.
18 When I (were lookinnnng) for my passport I (found) this old photograph.
19 You looked very busy when I (saw) you last night. What were you (doing)?
20 The boys (were playing) cards when they (heard) their father's step. They immediately (hide) the cards and (take) out their lesson books.
21 He (was cleaning) his gun when it accidentally (wemt) off and (killed) him.
The simple past and the past continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense.
10 When I arrived she (have)was having lunch.
12 What did you (think)think of his last book? ~ I (like)liked it very much.
14 He suddenly (realize)realized that he (travel)was travelling in the wrong direction.
15 He (play)was playing the guitar outside her house when someone opened the window and (throw)threw out a bucket of water.
16 I had just (open)opened the letter when the wind (blow)blew it out of my hand.
18 When I (look)looked for my passport I (find)was finding this old photograph.
19 You looked very busy when I (see)saw you last night. What were you (do)doing?
20 The boys (play)were playing cards when they (hear)heard their father's step. They immediately (hide)were hiding the cards and (take)taking out their lesson books.
21 He (clean)was cleaning his gun when it accidentally (go)went off and (kill)killed him.
