Question

Ех 26 Open the brackets,
using either the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense according to the
sense.

 

1. When we got off the train it (rain) heavily. 2. The summer that year
was cold. It often (rain). 3. The
weather was foggy. Cars and buses (move)
slowly. 4. While I (pack) my things,
he (ring) up for a taxi to take me to
the station. 5. The house was quiet. The boys (play) chess and Mary (read)
a book. 6. When you (see) him last?
7. I (buy) the guide book in London.
It (catch) my eye when I (pass)-a
shop window. I (return), (call) at
the shop and (buy) it. 8. In 1972
Peter (be) in Siberia, he (build) a railway together with his
friends. Later he (write) a book
about it. 9. Who (speak) over the
telephone at five yesterday? The line (be)
busy for an hour at least. 10. The whole family (watch) a detective film on TV when I (come) into the room. 11.1 (look)
into the window and (see) an old
woman (sit) at it, a cat (sleep) on the window-sill, next to a
flower pot. The picture (take) me
back to my childhood. 12. Ships (travel)
from Southampton to New York in four or five days last season.

 

Answer 1

1. was raining
2.was raining
3.were moving
4.was packing;rang
5.was playing;was reading
6.did you see
7.bought;caught;was passing;returned;called;bought