1) Write past simple or past continuous in the gaps:

1) When the post man    (arrive), my father   (have a

shower)
2) While my brother   (study), my grandma   (make) some

muffins
3) I   (go) to the doctor 2 days ago because I   (have) a terrible

headache  

4) When I   (be) 10, I   (eat) a sandwich every evening 

5) He   (miss) the train because he   (talk) with some

friends 
 6) The thieves   (come)  into the house while the man   

(sleep) 
7) I   (drink) a glass of water at eleven. I'm not thirsty

now 

8)   you   (write) the composition last week? 

9) My mother   (not/be) at home when she   (fall) down the

stairs 
10) The children    (plant) a tree when their mummy   

(call)  them

2) Write the most suitable words in each gap (ago, yesterday, last, while,
when, as, on, in, at)
1) Tommy's father worked in that office 2 years 
2) The plane was flying   8 p.m.   
3) My best friend went to London   month
4)   I was having dinner, my sister was having a shower
5)   did the supermarket close?
6) Your aunt studied German   2001
7) Rose played in an orchestra   she was 12 years old
8) Jason was swimming   his girlfriend was drinking a coke
9) The TV broke   26th October
10)   did he deliver the shopping?
11) My father's friend had a baby 
12) The suspect can't have committed the crime. He was having dinner in
the restaurant   that time 
13) My cousin bought the PSP   he was in London