IV.Put the verbs in the Past Continuous: 1. His parents …..(to read) while Tom …….(to sleep).
2.What …….you ……(to do) at 9 pm yesterday?
3. John …. (to read) a magazine when the film started.
4.She ….. (to send) e-mails from 9 till 10 pm last night.
5. They ….(not \ walk) in the park from 6 till 7 pm yesterday in the evening.

V.Put the verbs into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
1.Gary ... (ride) his bike while Alan … (chat) with his friend.
2.The policeman asked, “What ... (you/do) at 18 pm last evening?
3. When I …(be) a teenager I ...(play) in the basketball team.
4.Mum (cook) dinner when dad ….(come) home.
5. My sister Jane (drive) to Oxford when I ….(phone) her.

1

1) were reading

was sleeping

2) were you doing

3) was reading

4) was sending

5) weren’t walking

2

1) was riding

was chatting

2) were you doing

3) was

played

4) was cooking

came

5) was driving

phoned

IV. 1. His parents were reading while Tom was sleeping.

2. What were you doing at 9 pm yesterday?

3. John was reading a magazine when the film started.

4. She was sending emails from 9 till 10 pm last night.

5. They weren't walking in the park from 6 till 7 pm yesterday in the evening.

V.

1. Gary was riding his bike while Alan was chatting with his friends.

2. The policeman asked, "What were you doing at 8 pm last evening?".

3. When I was a teenager I was playing in the basketball team.

4. Mum was cooking dinner when dad came home.

5. My sister Jane was driving to Oxford when I phoned her.