Name:______________________ b) Fill each gap with a verb in either the past simple or

Date:________________________ past continuous tense.

1. Helen _____________ (do) her weekly shopping when
a)Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form. she _____________(meet) her old friend, June.
1. I .................... with my son when you .................... 2. The sun _____________ (shine) when I
played, called _____________ (get) up this morning. I_____________
was playing, were calling (feel) so tired!
was playing, called 3. Jim_____________ (wait) at one airport while Max
played, were calling _____________ (wait) at the other. What a disaster!
2. The doorbell .................... while I ..................... a bath. 4. It_____________ (rain) very hard, so the referee
rang, was having _____________ (decide) not to play the match.
was ringing, was having 5. When the police____________ (arrive) at the party,
was ringing. had the music _____________(play) very loud and the
3. As I ........................ for bus, I ............................. Joe people _____________ (shout).
crossing the road. 6. The mail_____________ (arrive) very late today.
waited, saw It____________ (come) after eleven o'clock.
was waiting, saw 7. Joan _____________ (become) very angry this
waited, was seeing morning. She _____________ (speak) to an important
4. Yesterday, I ....................... to the movies with my client and someone _____________ (enter) the room
wife. without knocking.
was going 8. Hank _____________ (cook) in the kitchen. His sister
went _____________ (offer) to help but Hank _____________
had gone (refuse).
5. When I was a child, we ................ our own
amusements. c) Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs
were making in brackets:
made
have made I ___________ (hear) a terrible explosion while I
6. When we .................... home, we discovered that ___________ (walk) into my office on the 24th floor of
water .......................... down the walls. the north tower, so I ___________ (look) out of the
reached, ran window. Lots of paper ___________ (fall) from the sky.
reached, was running There was an announcement to evacuate the building,
was reaching, was running so we ___________ (start) walking down the stairs. As
7. It ........................ while I .......................... in Mumbai. we ___________ (go) down, we___________ (see) some
was happening, was living fire-fighters who ___________ (run) up the stairs. When
happened, was living we ___________ (get) to the ground floor, we
happened, lived ___________ (run) as fast as we could, and after 10
8. I .................... in Rome for ten years while I ................. minutes we ___________ (stop) to rest in a small park.
a child. That's where we ___________ (stand) when the second
lived, was tower ___________ (fall) down.
was living, was
lived, had been I___________ (live) in Edinburgh at the time in a fourth
9. I ......................... all day yesterday. floor flat. It ___________ (be) about two o'clock and I
had slept (sleep). Suddenly I ___________ (wake up). I
was sleeping ___________ (hear) a dog barking loudly outside my
10. What ................................. at 11 pm last night? window. I ___________ (get up) and ___________ (look)
did you do out. I ___________ (be) still half asleep and it
were you doing ___________ (be) very dark but I could see that
had you done someone ___________ (climb) up a ladder towards my
11. Who .......................... you that watch? bedroom window. I ___________ (be) terrified. I quickly
was giving ___________ (phone) the police. I ___________
gave (explain) the situation when I ___________ (hear) a
had given knock on the window. I ___________ (look) up. It
12. When I ......................... into the office, ___________ (be) my flatmate at the top of the ladder.
everybody ................... He ___________ (wave) and ___________ (shout), "Let
was walking me in. I've forgotten my keys!"
walked, worked
walked, was working