Past Simple vs Past Continuous

1 - ..with your neighbour when youthat loud shout?

(to chat to hear)
2- We ..Emma and Paul outside the restaurant and they
.us inside (to wait for to look for)
3 a) ..an explosion at about 10 oclock last night?
? (not to hear to sleep)
b)No, I and when I .it I immediately .of the sofa I 1
.. on and I .to my mother who at Toms
house which . (to be to hear to jump out to lay to go to stare to burn)
4 When we Florence it dark (to reach to get)
5 I Mike a few years ago. I .a summer course in
Cambridge at the time (to meet to attend)
6 It was a warm day in June: Sandy ..in the garden drinking an cup of icy tea and
Jill and Bill volleyball when suddenly a pair of huge dogs at the
garden entrance (to sit to play to appear)
7 - still .when you .the office? (to snow to leave)
8 Sorry, can you repeat that please? I (not to listen)
9 Who .that girl you ..to when I you
in front of the cinema? (to be to speak to notice)
10 He never.my remarks seriously. In fact he I
always (not take to think to joke)
11 What.in your house when I .. you last night? I
..the doorbell three times but you ..Judging by the noise that
from the sitting room, I ..you .a party (to go
on to call on to ring not to answer to come to think to make)
12 Last night I..you in the theatre all evening. Where you
..exactly? (to look for to sit)
13 When Jane ..her Saturday job at a flower shop she
.me flowers every day (to have to send)
14 - . while you ..the snowman? (to
snow to make)
15 I the shop and then all of a sudden I .this
beautiful picture, and I do nothing but to buy it (to leave to see can)
16 a) When that letter to your mother? (to write)
b) I it as soon as I .I .home on
st
the 21 that same month (to write to know to come)
17 a)Where to when you him? (Paul to go to
see)
b) I dont know! He.. (to run)
18 - ..she when you the sitting room? (to
sing to enter)
19 a)geography this time last month? (to study)
b) I ..at all, since I ..as a waitress in Spizzico.
(not to study to work)
1 Were you chatting with your neighbour when you heard that loud shout?
2- We were waiting for Emma and Paul outside the restaurant and they were looking for us inside.
3 a) Didnt you hear an explosion at about 10 oclock last night? Were you sleeping?
b)No, I wasnt and when I heard it I immediately jumped out of the sofa I was lying on and I went to my
mother who was staring at Toms house which was burning.
4 When we reached Florence it was getting dark. 1
5 I met Mike a few years ago. I was attending a summer course in Cambridge at the time.
6 It was a warm day in June: Sandy was sitting in the garden drinking a cup of icy tea and Jill and Bill
were playing volleyball when suddenly a pair of huge dogs appeared at the garden entrance.
7 Was it still snowing when you left the office?
8 Sorry, can you repeat that please? I wasnt listening.
9 Who was that girl you were speaking to when I noticed you in front of the cinema?
10 He never took my remarks seriously. In fact he thought I was always joking.
11 What was going on in your house when I called on you last night? I rang the doorbell three times but
you didnt answer. Judging by the noise that was coming from the sitting room, I thought you were making
a party!
12 Last night I looked for you in the theatre all evening. Where were you sitting exactly ?
13 When Jane had her Saturday job at a flower shop she sent me flowers every day.
14 Was it snowing while you were making the snowman?
15 I was leaving the shop and then all of a sudden I saw this beautiful picture, and I could do nothing but
to buy it.
16 a) When did you write that letter to your mother?
b) I wrote it as soon as I knew I was coming home on the 21st that same month.
17 a)Where was Paul going to when you saw him?
b) I dont know! He was running.
18 Was she singing when you entered the sitting room?
19 a) Were you studying geography this time last month?
b) I wasnt studying at all, since I was working as a waitress in Spizzico.