Question

Read the following sentences and put the verbs in brackets in either the Past Simple or the Past
Continuous. Put any other words in brackets in the correct place.
a) As Sophie
(walk) up Regent Street she _(meet) an old friend from college.
b) When
(father/arrive) yesterday?
He
(arrive) late. The train
(be)delayed due to an accident.
c) Who
_(you/ speak) to on the phone when I
(come)in?
d) Mary
(read) in bed when she _(hear) a strange noise downstairs.
e) When Mr. Lawrence
_(leave) home at 8.30 this morning, the sun
(shine)
brightly. However, by 10 o'clock it
(rain) heavily.
f) Sebastian
_(arrive) at Susan's house a little before 11 a.m., but she
(not/be)
there. She
(study) at the library.
g) The fireman
(rescue) a 75-year-old woman who (be) trapped on the second
floor of the burning building.
h). (you/do) any shopping yesterday?
i) Yesterday Jane _(fall) and _(hurt) herself when she
(ride) her
bicycle.
i) What
(Peter / do) when you
1
(knock) on his door?
k) Helen
(wear) her dress to the party last night.​

Answer 1

Read the following sentences and put the verbs in brackets in either the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. Put any other words in brackets in the correct place.

a) As Sophie (was walking) up Regent Street she (met) an old friend from college.

b) When (did father arrive) yesterday?

He (arrived) late. The train (was) delayed due to an accident.

c) Who  ( were you speaking) to on the phone when I (come)in?

d) Mary (was reading) in bed when she (heard) a strange noise downstairs.

e) When Mr. Lawrence (left) home at 8.30 this morning, the sun (was shining)  brightly. However, by 10 o'clock it (was raining) heavily.

f) Sebastian (arrived) at Susan's house a little before 11 a.m., but she (was not) there. She (was studying) at the library.

g) The fireman (rescued) a 75-year-old woman who (was) trapped on the second floor of the burning building.

h). (Did you do) any shopping yesterday?

i) Yesterday Jane (fell) and (hurt) herself when she (was riding) her bicycle.

i) What (was Peter doing) when you (knocked) on his door?

k) Helen (was wreaing) her dress to the party last night.​