Past simple and past continuous

I ______________________ (sit) in a cafe when you______________________ (call).

While I______________________ (drive), I ______________________ (have) an accident.
Kate______________________ (have) dinner when John______________________ (get) home .
The thieves ______________________ (hide) in the kitchen when the
police______________________ (come) in.
Sam______________________ (plan) a party when he______________________ (meet) his friends.
While we______________________ (clean) the house, we______________________ (break) some
glasses.
Alan ______________________ (look) out of the window when he ______________________ (see) a
UFO.
When the post man ______________________ (arrive), my father ______________________
(have) a shower
While my brother ______________________ (study), my grandma _____________________ (make)
some muffins
When I ______________________ (be) 10, I (eat) a sandwich every evening
The thieves ________________ (come) into the house while the man___________________ (sleep)
The children ______________________ (plant) a tree when their mummy
______________________ (call) them
1 The teacher_________________ (explain) the lesson when the lights_________________ (go) out.
2 The kid ____________________ (play) with a bubble when the dog ___________________ (bite) it.
3 While I ______________________ (work), my friends ______________________ (be) in the beach.
4 We ______________________ (sit) on the grass while we ______________________ (watch) a
cricket.
5 They ______________________ (arrive) when the movie ______________________ (start)
1. George ______________________ (fall) off the ladder while he ______________________
(paint) the ceiling.
2. Last night I __________________ (read) in the bed when I suddenly _________________ (hear) a
scream.
3. ___________you ________________(watch) TV when I ________________ (call) you?
4. Ann ______________________ (wait) for me when I ______________________ (arrive).

5. I ___________________ (not drive) very fast when the accident ___________________ (happen).

6. I ______________________ (break) a plate last night. I ______________________ (wash) the

dishes when it ______________________ (slip) out of my hand.
7. Tom_________________ (take) some photos when I __________________ (play) in the garden.
8. We ______________________ (not go) out while it ______________________ (rain).
9. What______________________ (you do) last week?
10. I ______________________ (see) Carol at the party while ____________________ (say) my
friend
11. The cell phone ______________________ (ring) when I ______________________ (take) a
shower.
12. It______________________ (begin) to rain when I ______________________ (walk) home.
13. We ______________________ (wait) the bus when we ______________________ (see) an
accident.

Past simple
Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.

clean . . . die . . . enjoy . . . end . . . happen . . . live . . . open . . . play . . . rain . . . repair . . . start . . . stay
. . . want . . . watch
1. Yesterday evening I _____________________ TV.

2. I only____________________ my teeth four times last week.

3. Bruce____________________ his mountain bike yesterday evening.

4. The concert last night____________________ at 7.30 and at ____________________10 o'clock.

5. The accident ____________________last Sunday afternoon.

6. When I was a child I ____________________to be a lawyer.

7. Mozart ____________________from 1756 to 1791.

8. We____________________ our holiday last week.

9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it____________________ .

10. It was hot in the room, so I ____________________the window.
11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we____________________ tennis.
12. William Shakespeare____________________ in 1616.

1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he _______________ to work by bus.

2. They always get up early. This morning they _______________up late.

3. Bill often loses his key. He_______________ one last Saturday.

4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I_______________ two letters.

5. She meets her friends every evening. She _______________them yesterday evening, too.

6. I usually read two newspapers every day. I only a newspaper yesterday.

7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they_______________ , too.

8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We _______________to the cinema last Sunday, too.

9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom _______________a shower this morning, too.

10. They buy a new car every year. Last year they _______________a new car, too.

11. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday_______________ I two oranges.

12. We usually do our shopping on Monday. We _______________our shopping last Monday, too.

13. Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she _______________some photos.

14. We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we_______________ at 8.00.