4.9 Find the second part of each sentence. Put each verb into the correct form:

1. Vicky (have) a beautiful dream

2. When Andrew (see) the question,

3. The train (wait)

4. I (read) a library book

5. Sarah (have) an electric shock

6. When the doors (open),

7. When the Campers (wake),

when she (touch) the wire.

when I (find) a £10 note in it.

when the alarm clock (ring).

the crowd (rush) in.

he (know) the answer immediately.

they (see) that the sun (shine).

when we (arrive) at the station.

4.10 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple:

A Steve …… (have) an accident yesterday. He …… (drive) his car when a bird

…… (fly) into the windscreen. He …… (try) to stop quickly but he …… (crash)

into the wall. Luckily, he …… (not / be) hurt.

B Last week, I …… (go) to a talk by a famous writer. He …… (talk) about his

new book when I …… (arrive). He …… (give) such an interesting talk that I

…… (be) disappointed when it …… (end).

C Julie …… (tidy) her bedroom last weekend. While she …… (tidy) it, she ……

(find) some of the toys she …… (have) when she was a child. She …… (not /

want) to throw them away, so she …… (put) them in a box and …… (store)

them in the attic.

4.11 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple:

Dear Rick,

I’m writing to you from my hotel in Switzerland.

I’m having a lovely time here but you can’t imagine what …… (happen) to me

yesterday. I …… (be) on the mountain with my friends and we …… (have) a

lovely time because the snow …… (be) perfect for skiing. Unfortunately the sun

…… (shine) on the snow, so it …… (be) difficult to see. Suddenly, I …… (hit) a

rock and I …… (fall) over. Luckily I …… (not / be) seriously hurt – I just ……

(get) a few bruises. Now I’m trying to be more careful!

I’ll see you when I get back. Best wishes,

Kevin

4.12 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple:

It …… (be) a beautiful spring morning when Emma and her father ……

(decide) to visit Seaton Castle. The sun …… (shine) and the birds …… (sing).

Emma …… (feel) very excited. The castle …… (be) very old and made of stone.

They …… (climb) the steps to the top of the tower. While they …… (admire) the

view, they …… (hear) some noises. They …… (look) around but they …… ( not /

see) anybody. ‘That’s funny,’ said Emma. ‘I …… (think) I …… (see) someone

standing over there.’ After a while they …… (decide) to visit the cellar of the

castle. Emma …… (examine) an old barrel when she …… (hear) the door of the

cellar close behind them. ‘Dad,’ she …… (say), ‘don’t close the door!’ ‘But, I ……

(not / close) it, dear,’ her father said. Emma …… (turn) around and …… (see) a

shadow on the wall. She (know) then that the ghost of the Castle …… (watch)

them!

4.13 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple:

My sister Naomi …… (meet) her husband when she …… (travel) round New

Zealand. She and some friends …… (tour) the South Ireland when they …… (stop)

in Christchurch for a few days. While her friends …… (shop), she …… (go) to

look round an art gallery. She …… (look) at a sculpture when a young man put it

into his rucksack. She …… (call) the security guard because she …… (think) the

young man …… (try) to steal it. She ….. (be) very embarrassed to discover that the

sculpture …… (belong) to the young man. However, while he …… (pack) it away,

they …… (chat) and then he …… (ask) her to have a coffee with him. They ……

(get married) three months later.

4.14 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, Past Continuous or Past Simple:

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931)

US inventor

Thomas Edison …… (start) work on the railway when he was twelve, selling

newspapers and snacks. There were long periods with nothing for him to do, so he

…… (build) himself a little laboratory in the luggage van. He could carry out

experiments there when he …… (not / sell) things to passengers. He also ……

(join) a library and …… (read) every single book in it.

One day, when he …… (wait) at a station, he …… (notice) a small boy. The

boy …… (play) by the track, unaware that a train …… (approach). Edison ……

(run) out and …… (grab) the child just in time. The child’s father was so grateful

that he …… (offer) to teach Edison to be a telegraph operator. Edison accepted the

offer and soon he …… (have) regular lessons. After a year, he was good enough to

get a job in the telegraph office. He continued to read and experiment whenever he

…… (have) time. At twenty-one he …… (leave) the telegraph office to devote all

his time to being an inventor. He …… (go) on to invent the electric light bulb, the

phonograph and the movie camera.