For 10-th Form

1.- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.
2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it __________ (start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her. B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ____________ (see) me, he ___________ (finish) the call.
Perhaps he thought that I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the way and fortunately nothing____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport?
B: I don’t remember. I ____________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.- The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________ (discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock__________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come) to school?
17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________ (finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________(explain) this exercise?
20.- Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).