Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect
Continuous?
1. I (meet) John in town yesterday. He (look) for a present for
his wife’s birthday.
2. When the student revolution (come), I (work) there for 6
months.
3. Mary (wait) for me when I (arrive).
4. They were very tired in the evening because they (help) on
the farm all day.
5. They (walk) for about 6 miles when they finally (see) a
cottage in the distance.
6. What the teacher (tell) you when I (enter)?
7. The telephone (ring) when we (watch) TV.
8. We (go) down the road at 100 km/ph when the wheel (fall)
off.
9. When they (cancel) the flight to London, the storm (rage)
all afternoon with no sign of abating.
10. Uncle Ben (get) dressed when he (feel) a sharp pain in his
chest.
11. I (meet) Kevin on the street yesterday and he (tell) me he
(be) ill for a week; he still (not/look) good.
12. Although she (prepare) for the trip for more than a week,
she (forget) to take the most important thing, her passport.
13. She (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen (run) out of ink.
14. When it (be) finally my turn at the check-in desk, I couldn’t
find my ticket. I (think) I (forget) it at home. So I (rush)
back home to get it, but it wasn’t there.
15. Mike (not/see) his friend while he (turn) round the corner.
16. Because the snowman he (make) the day before (melt) in
the sun, the small boy (cry).