1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES PUTTING THE VERBS INTO THE PAST CONTINUOUS OR PAST SIMPLE.
1.When the postman (come)_____.I (have)___breakfast.
2.My sister (wash)____dishes while I (work)_____in the garden.
3.While I (talk)____to John, the telephone (ring)____
4.Mr.Taylor (watch)_____TV while his wife (read)___a newspaper.
5.When I (leave)___the house this morning, It (rain)___very hard.
6. John (talk)____to his friends when I (see)____him.
7.I (see)___a bad accident while I (wait)___for you in this corner.
8.As we (cross)___the street, the policeman (shout)____at us.
9.That tourist (lose)____his camera while he (walk)____around the city.
10.It (snow)___when I (get)___up this morning.
11.Albert Einstein (die)___in 1955.
12.Tom (go)____to the post office twice yesterday.
13.He (fall)__while he (go)__down the stairs.
14.What___she (do) when you (arrive)___there? She (write)__a letter.
15.She (have)____her bath while her sister (get)___the breakfast ready.
16.I (go)__to ask you to help me, but you (sleep)__so peacefully when I (look)__into your room that I (decide)__to do it alone.
17.I (look)__up at the sky, dark clouds(gather)___
18.Just as I (write)__the letter, the inkpot (fall)__over.
19.Mr.Nam (cook)___dinner when we (arrive)__
20.What ___ (you/do) when I (telephone)___you last night?

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSES
1.I (get)___hungry.Let's go and have something to eat.
2.Be quiet! I (want)___to hear the news broadcast.
3.- What__you (do) yesterday?
   - I (get)__up very early, (have)__my breakfast and then I (go)__to my office.
4.Egypt (produce)__some of the finest cotton in the world.
5.- What__she (do) when you (arrive)__at her house yesterday morning?
   - She (cook)__her breakfast in the kitchen.
6.- What__you usually (read) when you (be) on holiday?
   - I (read)___detetive stories.Now I (read)___"The Shut door" by Ivor Lock.
7.Ann (wait)___for me when I (arrive)___
8.Mary (usually/phone)___me on Fridays but she (not phone)___last Friday.
9.What's the noise? What (happen)__?
10.Yessterday evening, the phone (ring)__three times while we (have)__dinner.
11.Why are you under the table? You (look)__for something?
12.___You (watch) TV last night? No, I (have)__supper and (go)__straight to bed.
13.I (not like)__staying at hotels, but last summer, we (spend)___a few days at a very nice hotel by the sea.
14.- Linda (be)__busy when we (go)___to see her yesterday.She (study)__for an exam.We (not want)__to disturb her, so we (not stay)___very long.
15.When I first (tell)__Tom the news, he (not believe)__me.He (think)__that I (joke)___
16.We usually (go)__to Spain on holiday, but this year we (go)__to France.
17.We can go out now.It (not rain)___any more.
18.The sun (warm)__the air and (give)__us light.
19. What speed___the car (do) at the time of the accident?
20.They (study)___in the library when the fire alarm (go)__off