Exercise 5. Make sentences.Put the verbs into the correct form:the past simple or the past continuous.

2 you |read |the newspaper as soon as it j arrive |?

3 she |not |lock |the door when she |leave |the office |.

5 Sally |wash |her hair when the doorbell |ring|.

6 John Logic Baird |invent |the television orthe telephone |?

Exercise 6. Join each idea in A with the most suitable idea in B Make sentences using when and the past continuous or past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Example: dropped my bag when I was running for a bus.

11 (drop)my bag

21 (cut)myself

3 My car (break down)

41 (see)a shark

5 My clothes (get)dirty

6 I (break)a tooth

I (drive)to work

I (eat)a sandwich

I (run)for a bus

I (shave)

I (swim)in the sea

I (clean)the attic

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: the past continuous or the past simple.

Examples:When she came (come)into the room I was listening (listen)to the radio.

When my car broke down (break down)I phoned (phone)a garage.

1 We (go)down in the lift when suddenly it (stop).

2 (they |have)dinner when you (call)to see them?

3 When the doorbell (ring)I (get)up and (answer)it.

4 When I (open)the door,a friend (stand)there.

5 'When I (arrive)back at the car park,my car wasn't there!''Oh,no!

What (you |do)?''I (report)it to the police.'

Exercise 8. These paragraphs begin three stories:a love story,a western and a horror story.

Complete the paragraphs using the past continuous or the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

(1)It was midnight and I was alone in the house.Outside it was raining(rain)very hard.I 1 (get)ready to go to bed when I suddenly heard a strange noise outside my room in the corridor.Then,when I looked at the door,I noticed that someone 2 turn)the handle!I 3 (rush)over to the door and quickly 4 (turn)the key in the lock.Then I 5 (ask)in a trembling voice,'Who is it?'

(2)It was early evening and it 1 (begin)to get dark in the surgery of Doctor Nigel Harris.The young,handsome doctor 2 (stand)looking sadly out of the window when there was a quiet knock at the surgery door.The door 3 (open)and Dr Harris 4 (turn) round to see the young girl whohad just entered the room.She was very beautiful. With a sad smile the doctor 5(ask),'Are you the new nurse?'

(3)I 1 (sit)in the big chair in Henry's barber's shop at the time.Henry 2 (cut)my hair with his big pair of scissors when we heard the sound of horses outside.The noise was so loud that we 3 (go)over to the window to look.Through the window we could see at least twenty gunmen riding into town.Henry immediately 4 (go)over to his desk and 5 (put)on his gun and Sheriffs badge.

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