Past Simple and Past Continuous - 1

Task: complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

1. Do you like this picture? My uncle _____ it. (paint)

2. We _____ lunch when we heard the news. (have)

3. He broke his arm when he _____ rugby. (play)

4. Kylie _____ her first film when she was 21. (make)

5. ______ the football match yesterday? (you see)

6. I _____ on the computer when the earthquake happened. (work)

7. Who was that man you _____ to when I came in? (talk)

8. She was so tired that she _____ for twelve hours. (sleep)

9. The fire _____ the old church completely. (destroy)

10. I _____ in the queue when the robber came in. (wait)

11. I _____ a bath when she phoned. (have)

12. They _____ on the door, then they went in. (knock)

13. Mark and Theresa _____ in Poland for many years. (live)

14. The police _____ them lots of quwstions before they released them. (ask)

15. We _____ tea hen they arrived. (have)

16. What _____ when the alarm sounded? (you do)

17. The factory _____ six thousand cars last year. (make)

18. She _____ anything to my parents. (not say)

19. James _____ through the forest when the storm started. (walk)