THE SIMPLE PAST OR THE PAST CONTINUOUS 1.The children were frightened because it (get) …………… dark 2.The director didn't allow the actors to travel by air while they (work) …………… on the film 3.He usually wears sandals but when I last saw him he (wear) ……… boots 4.When I first met him he (study) …………… painting 5.When I first met him he (work) in a restaurant 6.Two men (fight) ………… at a street corner and a policeman (try) ………… to stop them 7.Tom (sit) ……….in a corner with a book I told him that he (read) ………… in very bad light We (study) ……………in our classroom at o'clock yesterday morning What …………….you (do) ………… at p.m last Saturday? 10.He(play) …………… football at o'clock last Monday afternoon 11.She (cut)…………… the grass at o'clock last Friday morning 12.They ( not, listen) …………………to music at 10 a.m yesterday 13 I (cook)………………… dinner at o'clock yesterday 14.While we (fish) …………… someone came to the house and left this note 15.I (make) …… a cake when the light went out I had to finish it in the dark 16.He (watch) …………… TV when the phone rang 17.As I (cross) …………… the road I (step) on a banana skin and (fall) …………… heavily 18.When I (look) …………… for my passport I (find) …………… this old photograph 19.He suddenly (realize) …………… that he (travel) …………… in the wrong direction 20.When I (arrive) ………… at the station Mary (wait) ………… for me 21.I (see) …………… you yesterday from the bus Why you (use) …………… a stick?22.When I last (see) ………… her she (hurry) ………… along the road to the station I (ask) ………… her where she (go) …………… and she (say) ……………., 'London', but I don't think she (speak) …………… the truth because there (not be) …………….any train for London at that time 23.While I (swim) …………….someone (steal) …………….my clothes and I (have to) …………….walk home in my swimsuit 24.I (come) …………… in very late last night and unfortunately the dog (wake) …………… up and (start) …………….to bark This (wake) …………… my mother who (come) …………… to the top of the stairs and (say) ……………., 'Who is there?' I (say) ……………., 'It is me,' but she (not hear) …………… me because the dog (bark) …………… so loudly, so she (go) …………… back to her room and (telephone) …………… the police