Question

Put the verbs is brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
1 Susan ..........(write ) a long letter yesterday .
2 Mark ..........(cook )dinner when the phone ..........( ring ).
3 Paul ..........( not / go ) out yesterday .
4 He ..........( eat ) breakfast when he ..........( hear) a knock on the window .
5 The children ..........( play ) in the park when it started to rain .
6 What ..........( you / do ) when he ..........( call) you last night?
7 ............. ( you / have ) a good time at the party ?
8 John .......... ( not /type ) all then letters yesterday .
9 " ...............she / break ) her arm while she ............... ( ski ) ? " "Yes ".
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Answer 1

1. Susan wrote

2. Mark was cooking si the phone rang

3. Paul didn't go

4. He was eating si he heard

5. The children were playing

6. What were you doing și when he called

7. Were you having

8. John didn't type

9. Did she break si while she was skiing