16673 past simple and past continuous

Fill in the gaps with verbs in Past Simple tense travel decide miss complete meet finish celebrate win find catch watch 1.- Elisabeth ………… her school project very soon 2.- Robert ……… an interesting documentary on TV 3.- Miriam ……… to sell her old car last month 4.- My cousins ……… … to Turkey last summer 5.- The manager …… …… his birthday at home 6.- Gina ………… her studies at university two years ago 7.- They ……… all their friends at the disco 8.-The police ……………… the thieves an hour ago 9.-I ……… … my keys in my mother’s wardrobe 10.- Tommy …………… the competition in Barcelona 11.- Julieta …………… the train so she was late Complete the sentences using the Past Continuous tense 1.- At 9.00 Hector ………… (brush) his teeth in the bathroom 2.- At 10,30 his mother …………… (iron) the clothes in the kitchen 3.- At 13,45 Beatriz ………… (study) for an exam in the library 4.- At 14,55 My dad …………… (clean) the car in the garage 5.-At 16.30 Roger and Alice ………… (play) chess in the sitting-room 6.-At 18.10 My granny ………… (knit) a jumper for me 7.-Yesterday at 20.00pm Sonia ……………… (wait) for the bus in town 8.-At 23.00pm Rachel …………… (tidy) her flat in London 9.-Yesterday at 24.00pm Daniel ……………… (sleep) in bed COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE 1.- The gangster …………… (rob) the money when the police caught him 2.- While he was crossing the street, I … ……… (stop) him 3.-Mary ………… (feel) very lonely when she was living in Germany 4.-Brian was having lunch when he………… (find) a fly in the soup 5.-Johnny ……… (ride) his motorbike when he ……… (have) an accident 6.-Larry ……… (publish) his first book when he ……… (be) 21 years old 7.-While the man …….……… (walk) when ………… (see) the two signs 8.-The singer ……… (rehearse) when the manager ……… (open) the door 9.-We ……………… (climb) the rocks when it ……… (begin) to rain 10.-I ……… … (take) the photograph while you………… (laugh) 11.-The American astronauts …………… (land) on the Moon 12.-The journalist ……… …… (write) a very good article while he ………… (work) for the New York Times 13.-Kevin …….…… (sell) newspapers when he was a young boy 14.- My teacher …………… (explain) the lesson while I ………… (talk) to a classmate 15.- I …………… (have) a steam bath when my boyfriend ……… (phone) me