Exercises

Write the verb in parentheses in "past simple" or "past continuous" as appropriate: 

1.Last Saturday when my brother arrived, I ________ TV (to watch)

2. The police arrested the murderer when he ________ an old woman (to attack)

3. My uncle ________ all his fortune playing in casinos (to lose)

4. Yesterday it rained all day and the river almost ________ its banks (to burst)

5. Last night when I left the party two gangs of hooligans ________ (to fight)

6. Last Friday my father ________ to Paris to visit my brother who works there (to go)

7. They ________ the new bridge in time for the Olympic Games (to finish)

8. My girlfriend didn't come with us to the cinema because she ________ (to study)

9. When the teacher entered the classroom the students ________ very loudly (to speak)

10. That terrible accident ________ yesterday evening (to happen)

11. Last night when the thieves ________ into my house I was sleeping (to break)

12. My parents ________ in the Cathedral of Seville 40 years ago (to get married)

13. The Socialist Party ________ the last elections and is now in power (to win)

14. The other day when I ________ tennis I hurt my leg (to play)

15. Philip ________ at home in very strange circumstances (to die)

16. Susan ________ Law in the university of Madrid (to study)

17. Yesterday when you came home I ________ the dog (to walk)

18. The plane ________ into the mountains due to the weather conditions (to crash)

19. He ________ late at the station and missed his train (to arrive)

20. The mother went to calm her little baby because she ________ (to cry)

21. My neighbour ________ a heart attack last year and still hasn't fully recovered (to have)

22. This morning while my friends played football I ________ my homework (to do)

23 Last summer we ________ to the south of Spain for our holiday (to go)

24.night it was raining when we ________ the Theatre (to leave)

25. This morning the dog ________ the postman when he was delivering the mail (to attack)