Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the simple past or past continuous tense.
1. I..........(get) up at 7.00 o’clock. The sun .........(shine), so I ...............(go) for a walk.
2. Nancy ........................................(not/ go) to work yesterday. She was ill.
3. Mai..............................( watch) television when I ..........................(phone) her.
4. I (see)....................Barbara at the party. She ...........................(wear) a red dress.
6. The postman.......................(come) when I .....................................(have) breakfast.
8. The boy.......................(break) a window when they ..........................(play) football.
9. I ................................(have) a bath when the phone..............................(ring).
10. What ..................................(you/ do) on Saturday evening? – I went dancing.
11. Tom.......................(take) a photograph of me while I ......................(not/ look).
12. What .....................................(you/ do) at this time yesterday?
13. Last night I.............(read) in bed when suddenly I ...............(heard) a scream.
14. Carol.............................(wait) for me when I ................................(arrive).
15. ...............................................(you/ watch) television when I phoned you?
16. I...........................(not/ drive) very fast when the accident................ (happen).
17. I ....................................(not/ go) out because it..................................(rain).
18. What ............................ (you/ do) when I (call)............................ you?
19. While Maria was cleaning the department, her husband ................. (sleep).
20. When Mark arrived, I.......(have) dinner, but I stopped in order to talk to him.
21. When the teacher.....................(enter) the room, the students were talking.
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