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.
2 was studying - came
3 was reading -left
4 was washing - rang
5 was writing - went
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 ................was studying.................( study ) for my English test when my mother ................came.................( come ) home from work .
3 I .............was reading.............( read ) a book when my sister ...........left.......................( leave ) for the cinema
4 Emma .............was washing....................( wash ) the dishes when the telephone ....................rang........( ring )
5 I ..................was writing................( write ) an email when the lights .....went.......................( go ) out