Spotlight 7. Lesson 4b. Grammar. Past Simple or Past Continuous

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. We ... (watch) television the whole evening yesterday.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. We ... (go) to the sea last summer.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Mike was watching a TV show when the phone ... (ring) .

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. He ... (work) in the garden from six till nine o'clock yesterday.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. We ... (pack) our things when our taxi arrived.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. Their friends were walking the dog when it ... (start) to rain.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. I was sleeping when you ... (call) me yesterday.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. The young people ... (dance) when I came to the party.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. We were having breakfast when our neighbours ... (work) in the garden.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. At five o'clock yesterday Helen ... (cook) soup.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. She ... (cut) her finger while she was cooking dinner.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. She ... (talk) on the phone when her children arrived .

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. John saw a bright light as he ... (walk) down the street.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. The teacher ... (write) on the blackboard while the pupils were reading the text.

Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. I ... (play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday.