Complete the story using Past Simple and Past Continuous

Yesterday, I ___________ (wake up) at 5 am because I ___________ (hear) voices coming from the kitchen. While I
___________ (go) down the stairs, something ____________ (fall) down in the living room. I _________ (go) there and
_____________ (see) that the TV ____________ (be) on the floor.
My parents __________ (be) fast asleep so I ___________ (be) on my own. When I ____________ (try) to pick up the
TV, the phone __________ (ring) and I got scared. The dog __________ (bark) when I _________ (go) into the kitchen.
I ___________ (be) sure there _________ (be) someone inside. After I while, my mother _________ (come) down and
___________ (tell) me the noises _____________ (come) from our neighbors because they ______________ (go)
away for the weekend.

Write these sentences in the correct order.

1. were / We / studying / Italian
2. living / London / I / in / was
3. They / waiting / werent / for / us
4. at / sleeping / Were / you / eleven?
5. breakfast / was / watching / were / She / having / they / television / while

Complete with Past Simple and Past Continuous

1.1 We _________________ (go) swimming every week when we were young.
1.2 Why _________________ (you / laugh) all through your history lesson yesterday?
1.3 I _________________ (not / drink) water last night.
1.4 Debbie _________________ (sing) in the school choir many years ago.
1.5 Steve _________________ (have) an accident yesterday. He _________________ (drive) his car when a bird
_________________ (fly) into the windscreen. He _____________ (try) to stop quickly but he
_________________ (crash) into a wall. Luckily, he _____________ (not / be) hurt.
1.6 I ________________________ (watch) television when the phone rang.
1.7 When the ambulance came we ________________________ (carry) him into it.
1.8 She ________________________ (drive) her car when she suddenly felt ill.
1.9 When he saw me he ________________________ (fall) off the wall.
1.10 We ________________________ (listen) to the radio when it suddenly stopped working.
1.11 Why ________________________ (you/play) cards when he walked into the office?
1.12 ________________________ (they/thank) you when you gave them the money?
1.13 ________________________ (you/smoke) when you turned on the gas?

1.14 When I arrived, they ________________________ (say) hello but continued working.
1.15 When I got to the hospital, she ________________________ (sit) in the waiting room.
1.16 Last week, I _________________ (go) to a talk by a famous writer. He _________________ (talk) about his
new book when I _________________ (arrive). He _________________ (give) such an interesting talk that I
_____________ (be) disappointed when it _____________ (end).

Put the verbs in bold into the correct form.

1. Cinderella ....................................... play in the garden when her mother ........................................... die.
2. Cinderella ......................................... sit by her mothers grave when her father .................................. arrive
with his new wife.
3. When Cinderellas father .......................................... die her stepmother .................................. make a maid of
her.
4. Cinderella ...................................... make breakfast when the news of the royal ball ..................................
arrive.
5. The stepsisters .................................. practise singing when Cinderella .................................. knock at the
door.
6. While Cinderella ....................................... clean the house the little mice .................................. sew her a
dress.
7. Cinderella just .................................................................. stand while her stepsisters .................................. tear
her dress to pieces.
8. Cinderella .................................. cry in the garden when her fairy grandmother .................................. appear.
9. While the duke .................................. introduce the princesses to the prince he .................................. yawn.
10. Cinderella and the prince .................................. dance when the clock .................................. strike 12.
11. While Cinderella ................................................. run down the stairs she .................................. lose her shoe.
12. When the prince ................................................. find Cinderella again he .................................. marry her
immediately.