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COMPLETE WITH THE SIMPLE PAST OR THE PAST CONTINUOUS

1) What
(do) when I

(call) you last

night?
2) I

(sit) in a cafe when you


(call). ..

3) When you
party, who

4) Susie
when she

(arrive) at the
(be) there? ..

(watch) a film
(hear) the noise. ..

5) Yesterday I

(go) to the

library, next I

(have) a

swim, later I

(meet) Julie

for coffee. ...


6) We
John

7) What

(play) tennis when


(hurt) his ankle. ..

(they/do) at 10pm

last night? It was really noisy.


8) He

(take) a shower when

the telephone

(ring).

9) He

(be) in the shower

when the telephone

10) When I

(ring). ..

(walk) into the

room, everyone

11) It

(work). ..

(be) a day last

September. The sun


and the birds

(shine)
(sing) . I

(walk) along the street


when I

(meet) an old friend.

.....
12) He

(live) in Russia

when the Revolution

(start).

..
13) When her train
the station, we

(get) to
(wait) on the

platform. ..
14) He
He
everywhere. ..

(be) so annoying!
(always leave) his things

15) On holiday we
Rome,
and

(visit)
(see) the Vatican,

(spend) a few days at

the beach. ...


16) Why
when I

(stand) on a chair
(come) into the

room? ..
17) They
when they

(live) in Germany
(be) young. ..

18) At 7pm yesterday, we


(listen) to music. .
19) When I
house, it

20) He
when he

(leave) the
(snow). ..

(work) in a bank
(meet) his wife.

1. While I

, the school bus

2. Cindy

her leg while she

. (to text) (to arrive)

. (to break) (to snowboard)

3. He

to the radio while he

breakfast. (to listen) (to

prepare)
4. My father

at 70 km/h when a policeman

him. (to drive)

(to stop)
5. The girl

that the boy

6. My dad

the ladder while he

her. (to notice) (to watch)

the carport. (to fall off) (to

paint)
7. While we

, we

crossword puzzles. (to wait) (to do)

8. Nick

sick while he

9. What

when you

10. She said that she

talk)

in Texas. (to become) (to travel)

about 9/11? (to do) (to hear)

happy, so I

to her. (not/to feel) (to

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