They were cleaning the windows when it started to rain

They.

(clean) the windows when it.

(start) to rain / Sam and Fred.

(often / go)fishing together.

My parents.

(just / move) to a beautiful house in the country.

As he.

(drive) to work, he.

(remember) that his briefcase was still at home.

Mary.

(ride)her bicycle when she.

(notice) the tiny kitten.

The team.

(practice)every day.

Mr. Johnson.

(open) a new shop in the village next month.

I’m lost.

I. (drive) around here for an hour.

While I.

(do) my homework, the phone.

(ring).

The mechanic.

(repair) my car at the moment.

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 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Then, say which uses of

these tenses are shown in each extract.

A Charlie
Chaplin 1) …became... (become) one of the best-known
personalities in America within two years of his first appearance in motion
pictures. He 2)……………………(be) so famous that no studio could
afford to pay him,  so he 3)…………………..(appear) only in films which
he 4)…………………….(produce) himself.

B It 1)……………………………..(happen) at
ten o’ clock last night. John 2)…………………………..(sit) in his
cosy living room with his wife and children. They
3)…………………………….(watch) the evening news on TV when
suddenly, the lights 4)………………………..(go out) and every­thing in
the house 5)………………………………..(become) quiet.

C The boys 1) ………………………….(play)
football on the river bank while the girls 2)…………………………..(talk).

Everyone
3)………………………………(enjoy) the picnic when suddenly they
4)…………………(hear) a loud cry from further up the river. They all
5)……………………………………..(rush) to see what was wrong.

D In prehistoric times, people
1)…………………..(live) in caves. They 2)
…………………………… (hunt) animals which they then
3)………………….(use) for food and clothing. They
4)……………………….(make) everything by themselves, and they
5)………………………………………..(have) very simple lives.

^ 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the past 9ji simple or the past continuous. Which was the longer action
in

each sentence?

1 They …were
cleaning… (clean) the
windows when it …started… (start) to rain.

Cleaning the windows was the longer
action.

2 As he …………………………………
(drive) to work, he ………………………….. (remember) that his
briefcase was still at

home.

3 Melanie
…………………………………………….. (cook) dinner when her
husband………………………………(come) home.

4 I…………………………………(hear)
a loud crash as I……………………………………………(sit) in
the garden.

5 She
…………………………………….. (type) a letter when her
boss…………………………………………………….(arrive).

6 While the
dog……………………………………..(dig) in the gar­den,
it………………………………………(find) a bone.

7 Mary ……………………………. (ride)
her bicycle when she…………………………….(notice) the tiny kitten.

8 While I
………………………………………….. (do) my homework, the
phone……………………………………………(ring).

^ 7. A
policeman is asking Mrs Hutchinson about a car accident she happened to see
yesterday. Put the
verbs in

brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

P: What 1) …were you
doing... (you/do) when you 2)………………………….(see) the
accident, madam?

H: 3)….

I…………………………….(walk)
down the street.

P: What exactly
4)……………………………….(you/see)?

H: Well, the driver of the car 5)…………………………………..(drive)
down the road when suddenly the old man just

6)…………………………..(step) in
front of him! It 7)……………………….(be) terrible! 

P:
8)……………………………………….(the driver/speed)?

H: No, not really, but the old man 9)
………………………………………………….(not/look) both ways
before he

10)…………………………….(try) to
cross the road.

P: 11)……………………………………….(anyone
else/see) the accident?

H: Yes, the lady in the post office.

P: Thank you very much.

^ 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.A As soon
as Margaret 1) …got… (get) off the train, she 2)……………………….(pull)
her coat around her.

Rain 3)……………………………..(fall)
heavily and a cold wind 4)…………………………(blow) across the

platform. She 5)…………………………………..(look)
around, but no one

6)………………………………………….(wait)
to meet her. She 7)…………………………..(turn) to leave when

she
8)………………………………………(hear) footsteps. A man
9)………………………………(walk) towards

her. He
10)………………………………(smile) at her, then he
11)……………………………..(say), ‘You’re finally

here.’

B George 1)………………………………(pick) up
his bag then, 2) ……………………………… (throw) it over his

shoulder. It
3)………………………………(get) dark and he 4)
……………………………… (have) a long way to

go. He wished that he had let someone know that he was coming. It
5)………………………………(start) to

rain, and he was feeling cold and tired from the
long journey. Suddenly, he 6)………………………………

(hear) a noise, then he 7)
………………………………………(see) two bright lights on the
road ahead. A car

……………………………… (head)
towards him. It slowed down and finally 9) ………………………………

(stop) beside him. A man
10)……………………………… (sit) at the wheel. He
11)…………………………(open)

the door quickly and 12)
…………………………. (say) ‘Get in, George.’

C Andy 1)………………………..(step) into the
house and 2)……………………………(close) the door behind

him. Everything
3)……………………….(be) quiet. His heart 4)
……………………………… (beat) fast and his

hands 5)……………………….(shake) as
he crept silently into the empty house, but he was trying not to

panic. He soon 6)…………………….(find)
what he 7)…………………………………….(look) for. He smiled with

relief as he put on the clothes. The men who
8)……………………………………..(follow) him would never

recognise him now.