Exercise 10: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past simple or past continuous.
1. They
(ring).
(have) tea when the doorbell
2. Father
3. While he
4. He
5. When I
6. When we
7. He
8. When he
9. While they
10. They
11. He
12. They
13. While George and John
14. Sam
15. We
(smoke) his pipe while mother
(mow) the lawn, it
(have) breakfast when the toaster
(come) into the office, my boss
(see) Brian, he
(wait) in the car while she
(arrive), we
(play) chess, we
(have) a party while he
(take) a photo when I
(start) to rain.
(read) a magazine.
(drive) a taxi.
(have) dinner.
(blow) up.
(do) the shopping.
(wait) for me.
(do) the ironing when Jack
(wait) at Victoria station when the train
(go) shopping.
(sleep).
(feed) the ducks.
(play) football when the lights in the stadium
(clean) their room, Linda
(phone) her.
(go) out.
(do) the ironing.
(arrive).