1) arrived - was watching 2) was preparing - rang 3) were you doing - arrived 4) learnt/learned - was working 5)were you

sitting - began
6) visited - was touring 7) was crossing - fell 8) did you see - you were waiting 9) were you going - broke down 10) met - was walking

Past simple tense

1. Yesterday evening I__________ (go) to the cinema with a friend.

2. From 1995 to 1998 I __________ (work) in Tokyo.
3. Last night the concert __________ (finish) at midnight.
4. I __________ (arrive) at the office this morning before my colleagues.
5. When he was young, Tom ________ (ride) a bicycle to school.
6. The train was at 8 p.m. so I ___________ (leave) home at 7 p.m.
7. Last Sunday was my mother's birthday, so I __________ (make) a cake.
8. I ___________ (start) to play golf five years ago.
9. The great composer Mozart _________ (die) at the age of 35.
10. Julie _________ (do) a lot of English exercises last week.

Past simple vs. past continuous

1. When her husband ____________ (arrive) home, Anne __________________(watch) television.

2. I _________________ (prepare) dinner when the telephone _________________ (ring).
3. What ________________________ (you do) when the postman ______________(arrive)?
4. Julie _______________ (learn) to drive when she ___________________ (work) in London.
5. Where ___________________ (you sit) when the show (begin)?
6. I ________________ (visit) Athens while I ____________________ (tour) Greece.
7. It was when he ____________________ (cross) the street that John______________ (fall).
8. What ________________(you see) while you ______________________ (wait) for the bus?
9. Where _______________________ (you go) when your car________________(break) down?
10. Julie ________________ (meet) Peter when she ___________________ (walk) in the park.

Complete each of the sentences below with a verb from the box.
(The answers are at the bottom of the page.)
start ⁄ take ⁄ eat ⁄ think ⁄ sleep ⁄ go ⁄ like ⁄ drink ⁄ write ⁄ lives

1. The film ________________ every day at 8 p.m.

2. Many children _________________ milk with their meals.
3. Cats generally _______________ a lot.
4. Julie _______________ a letter to her mother once a week.
5. Tom and Julie _______________ in a big city in the south of the country.
6. Tourists _______________ to Egypt to see the pyramids.
7. Jimmy always _______________ the bus to go to school.
8. We all know that children _______________ sweets.
9. Anne _______________ it's a good idea to do English exercises.
10. If you want to be healthy, you must _______________ good food.

1 – starts 2- drink 3- sleep 4- writes 5 – live 6 – go 7 – takes 8 – like 9- thinks 10 - eat

1) arrived - was watching 2) was preparing - rang 3) were you doing - arrived 4) learnt/learned - was working 5)were you sitting - began
6) visited - was touring 7) was crossing - fell 8) did you see - you were waiting 9) were you going - broke down 10) met - was walking

1. Every day Julie _______________ (take) the bus to go to her office.

2. At the moment you _______________ (do) an English exercise.
3. Tom and Julie _______________ (learn) English this year.
4. The Bank __________________ (open) at 9.30 every morning from Monday to Friday.
5. Our cousins ___________________ (come) to see us next Sunday.
6. Tom ______________ (read) the newspaper every morning on the train.
7. Julie usually __________________ (clean) the house on Saturdays.
8. At the moment she _________________ (write) a letter to a client.
9. Julie _________________ (speak) three languages : English, French and Spanish.
10. Today is Sunday. Tom and Julie _________________ (relax) in their garden.

1) takes 2) are doing 3) are learning 4) opens 5) are coming

6) reads 7) cleans 8) is writing 9) speaks 10) are relaxing