21675 past simple and past continuous

1.- What were the people doing when Lorenzo walked into the room? Use Past Continuous
tense.
a) Helen /watch/ a documentary.
b) Richard / draw/ a picture.
c) Simon and Alice/ play/video games.
d) The dog/ sleep/ on the rug.
e) Mom / talk/ on the phone.
2.- Complete the sentences: Use did, didn’t, was, wasn’t, were, weren’t.
a) ……… he having a shower when the phone rang? No, I ………
b) ……… she visit the Eiffel Tower while she ……living in Paris? Yes, she ……
c) ………. you tidying up when your friend got home? Yes, I ……..
d) ……… they cooking when you phoned? Yes, they ………..
e) ………...we driving when it began to rain? No, we ……….
3.- Complete the sentences. Use the past simple and the past continuous tense.
a) They ………………. (walk) along the street when they ………………. (see) the accident.
b) When Peter ……… (get) up yesterday it ……………. (not rain).
c) While Elisa ……. (cross) the street, she ………… (fall) down.
d) It …………. (get) dark when I ……….. (arrive) home.
e) The bus driver …………. (drive) when he ……… (receive) a message
from his wife.
f) She …………. (wear) glasses when I ………. (meet) her at the park.
g) My mum …………… (listen) to the radio while my father ….. (play)
cards with a friend.
h) The footballer ………. (score) a goal while his friends ……….. (cheer)
him up.
i) They ……….. (rehearse) the play when the teacher ……….. (come) to the theatre.
4.- Complete the text with past simple tense of the verbs in
brackets.
Jonathan ……… (be) born in Canada. He …….. (go) to school and he
…….. (become) an astronomer. He ……… (earn) a lot of money and soon
he ……. (begin) to write books. He ………

(marry) a clever woman from Germany.
They …….. (enjoy) their life because
they …….. (be) rich and famous.