Units 4-6: Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.

• do
• happen
• cut
• play
• see
• start
• cook
• go

1. Gary was playing volleyball when he hurt his arm.
2. I was walking in the park when it started to rain.
3. Mum was cooking dinner when the lights went out.
4. The sisters were doing their homework when their mum came home.
5. What were they doing when you saw them?
6. Did the accident happen when you were going to work?
7. What was Dad making when he cut his hand with the saw?
8. They were travelling home when the accident happened.