A) choose the correct option. B) complete the sentences using past simple or past continuous tense

A) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION

1.-Anthony called while I was parking the car.

2.-Miranda was driving to work when she saw the accident.

3.-Thomas wasn’t watching the film when Sonia arrived home.

4.-was he lying on the sofa at 5,30 yesterday?

5.-When I was leaving the office, the phone rang.

6.-It was snowing in the mountains when we got up yesterday.

7.-Barbara livedin Paris when she was 15 years old.

8.-I was writing my blog on the Internet while you were sleeping.

9.-While David was recovering in hospital, I decorated the flat.

10.-When I wokeup, I realized that it was getting dark.

 

B) COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

1.-Yesterday at 9,30 pm my parents WERE SITTING in the garden DRINKING some Coke.

2.- The chambermaid MADE my bed in the hotel and CLEANED the bathroom while I was having breakfast.

3.- Somebody knocked on the door while I WAS READING the newspaper.

4.-My brother BOUGHT  a lot of books when he LIVED/WAS LIVING in Cambridge.

5.-William DIDN’T MEET Sally at the airport last Sunday.

6.-Jerry WAS HAVING dinner when the lights WNET out.

7.-The girl FELT ill so she DIDN’T GO to work.

8.-When I ARRIVED at the wedding, Miriam INTRODUCED me to some friends.

9.-Sarah WAS RUNNING to catch the bus, when she FELL down and BROKE her ankle.

10.-Richard WAS TEACHING at the university when he MET his wife.