Question

5) Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Past
Continuous:

1 I _____________________________ (drop) my mobile while I __________________________
(cross) the road and a car drove over it!
2 While we _____________________________ (study) history yesterday, I ________________
(read) that most Roman houses were made of wood.
3 Last week we ________________________ (buy) some new furniture. When they brought it to
the flat we _____________________________ (realise) it was too big to go through the door!
4 Steve _____________________________________ (have) lunch when the doorbell
____________________________ (ring).
5 It’s very annoying. I _____________________________ (play) my new DVD and then it
suddenly _____________________________ (stop).

Answer 1

1. Dropped - was crossing

2. Studied - read

3. bought - realised

4. had - rang

5. was playing - stopped