Exercise 6. Put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.
1. She ......................................... (BURST) into tears when she ....................................... (SEE) his father.
2. I .......................................... (CUT) up vegetables in the kitchen when I ............................ (HEAR) the terrible news on the radio.
3. What a terrible accident!. Steve ......................................... (DRIVE) his car when a bird ...................................... (FLY) into his windscreen.
4. First she ...................................... (READ) the advertisement and then she ................................... (CALL) the company.
5. The sun ......................................... (SHINE) brightly when the old man ............................. (SET) off from his cottage.
6. At eight o’clock yesterday evening the plane ......................................... (FLY) from Tahiti to Los Angeles.
7. I .................................... (WAIT) for him for quite a long time but he .............................. (NOT COME).
8. Last weekend while Julie ........................................ (TIDY) her bedroom, she ................................... (FIND) some of the toys she ........................................ (HAVE) when she .................................... (BE) a child.
9. While my mother ..................................... (COOK) dinner, we ...................................... (PLAY) in the garden.
10.We all ........................................ (SLEEP) when some terrible noise .................................... (WAKE) us up.
11.Poor Cinderella ....................................... (HAVE) to work hard while her step-sisters ........................................ (HAVE) fun at the ball.
12.The children ...................................... (TAKE) the cake when nobody ................................. (LOOK) and .................................... (EAT) it silently.
13.As she ................................... (CROSS) the street, she ................................ (SLIP) and ..................................... (FALL).
14.Yesterday when I ....................................... (WALK) in the park, I ................................... (LOSE) my watch.
15.The fishing boat ........................................... (APPROACH) the seashore when the tornado ................................... (BEGIN).
16.I ............................................ (CAN) not hear the bell because the radio ...................................... (PLAY) really loudly.
17.The aeroplane .................................... (CATCH) fire just when it ................................... (TAKE) off.
18.The lights ....................................... (GO) out when we ...................................... (DISCUSS) the plans for the following morning.
19.Professor Ward ........................................... (GIVE) the lecture when the students’ riots .................................... (BEGIN).
20.One of my worst memories from last winter holidays was when I ................................ (RUN) out of petrol while I ................................. (DRIVE) through a snowy forest in the evening.
21.Last night Sally ................................... (WATCH) TV in her bedroom when suddenly she ................................... (HEAR) a scream outside.
Put the verb into the correct form , past continuous or past simple.
2. I don't want to go to the zoo today because it is raining. The same thing happened yesterday. I( want,not).....DIDN'T WANT...... to go to the zoo because it ( rain)....WAS RAINING.
3. I ( call)...CALLED... Roger at nine last night , but he ( be ,not) .....WASN'T.. at home. He( study) .....WAS STUDYING...... at the library.
4. I ( hear,not)....DIDN'T HEAR... the thunder during the storm last night because i ( sleep)....WAS SLEEPING.....
5. It was beautiful yesterday when we went for a walk in the park. The sun ( shine) ....WAS SHINING.....A cool breeze( blow)....WAS BLOWING.... The birds ( sing)....WERE SINGING....
6. My brother and sister ( argue)....WERE ARGUING.. about something when i ( walk) .....WALKED..... into the room.
7. I got a package in the mail. When i ( open) ....WAS OPENING....it, I ( find) ....FOUND...a surprise.
8. Tommy went to his friends' house , but the boys ( be,not)...WEREN'T...there. They ( play) ....WERE PLAYING..soccer in the vacant lot down the street.
9. Stanley( climb)...WAS CLIMBING....the stairs when he ( trip)......TRIPPED...and ( fall)......FELL..Luckily, he( hurt,not)...DIDN'T HURT...himself.
10. While Mrs. Emerson ( read)..WAS READING.... the little boy a story , he ( fall)....FELL....asleep , so she ( close).CLOSED.....the book and quietly ( tiptoe)..TIPTOED...out of the room
11. I really enjoyed my vacation last January. While it( snow)...WAS SNOWING....in Iowa, the sun ( shine).....WAS SHINING....in Florida. While you ( shovel)..WERE SHOVELING.... snow in Iowa , I ( lie) ...WAS LYING...on the beach in Florida.
12. While Ted( shovel)....WAS SHOVELING..snow from his driveway yesterday , his wife ( bring)...BROUGHT... him a cup of hot chocolate.