A.

Complete the following sentences with past tense or continuous/

1. She met her husband while she ______________________________
(work) in Berlin.
2. It ______________________________ (not/rain) when I left for work
this morning.
3. The children ______________________________ (jump) on the sofa
when I arrived home. How naughty they are!
4. I ______________________________ (break) my ankle when I fell off
my bike.
5. What ______________________________ (do/ you) when I called you
last night?
6. I ______________________________ (have) a shower. That's why I
couldn't answer the phone.
7. I ______________________________ (not/listen) when he started
talking about the project.
8. We ______________________________ (leave) the pub because some
troublemakers arrived.
9. On Sunday morning the wind ______________________________ (blow)
softly so Peter decided to go windsurfing.
10. The police officer gave me a speeding ticket after he
______________________________ (stop) me on the motorway.
B. Put the verbs in the following sentences into the correct
of the past tense. USE PAST TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOUS.

1. John …………………….(wait) for me when I ………………….(get home)

2. When I was a child I …………………………………. (want) to be a vet.
3. I…………………….(cook) dinner when the phone ………………………(rings).
4. He………………………(run)…down the road when the accident
………………..(happen)
5. I ………………..(meet)Alex at the station. He……………………………….(go) to
Liverpool.
6. We……………………………..(have) an argument when you …………………(arrive)
7. I ………………………….(drive) to Waitrose this morning when I ( run over)
……………………………… a duck.
8. When I last ……………………..(see) Hamish he ……………………………(hope) to get
a job in a library.
9. The evil man ……………………….(follow) me so I …………………….(run away)
10. Denise ………………………………..(take) his number down when he ………………..
(disappeared)
ANSWERS:

was having
phoned
wanted
was trying
was explaining
did not see
were you doing
was not watching
were you not watching
wanted.

ANSWERS

was working
wasn't raining
were jumping
played
broke
were you doing
was having
wasn't listening
had
left
was blowing
stopped