Exercise 1
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
While Tom (read) [pic] , Amely (watch) [pic] a documentary on TV.
Marvin (come) [pic] home, (switch) [pic] on the computer and (check) [pic] his emails.
The thief (sneak) [pic] into the house, (steal) [pic] the jewels and (leave) [pic] without a trace.
Nobody (listen) [pic] while the teacher (explain) [pic] the tenses.
While we (do) [pic] a sight-seeing tour, our friends (lie) [pic] on the beach.
He (wake) [pic] up and (look) [pic] at his watch.
Exercise 2
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
The receptionist (welcome) [pic] the guests and (ask) [pic] them to fill in the form.
The car (break) [pic] down and we (have) [pic] to walk home.
The boys (swim) [pic] while the girls (sunbathe) [pic] .
My father (come) [pic] in, (look) [pic] around and (tell) [pic] me to tidy up my room.
As long as one group (prepare) [pic] dinner, the others (collect) [pic] wood for their campfire.
While the parents (have) [pic] breakfast, their children (run) [pic] about.
Martha (turn) [pic] off the lights and (go) [pic] to bed.
Exercise 3
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
We (wait) [pic] for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come) [pic] around the corner.
I (cycle) [pic] through the park, when I (hear) [pic] a strange noise.
He (pass) [pic] her a message when the teacher (look / not) [pic] .
I (fall) [pic] asleep while I (watch) [pic] TV last night.
When Mike and Jane (paint) [pic] the walls, their dog (knock) [pic] over the paint pot.
Tom (break) [pic] his leg when he (play) [pic] football.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect progressive).
We (sleep) [pic] for 12 hours when he woke us up.
They (wait) [pic] at the station for 90 minutes when the train finally arrived.
We (look for) [pic] her ring for two hours and then we found it in the bathroom.
I (not / walk) [pic] for a long time, when it suddenly began to rain.
How long (learn / she) [pic] English before she went to London?
Frank Sinatra caught the flu because he (sing) [pic] in the rain too long.
He (drive) [pic] less than an hour when he ran out of petrol.
They were very tired in the evening because they (help) [pic] on the farm all day.
I (not / work) [pic] all day; so I wasn't tired and went to the disco at night.
They (cycle) [pic] all day so their legs were sore in the evening.
Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) [pic] .
He (not / be) [pic] to Cape Town before 1997.
When she went out to play, she (do / already) [pic] her homework.
My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) [pic] .
The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) [pic] six weeks before.
The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) [pic] .
I could not remember the poem we (learn) [pic] the week before.
The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) [pic] from the tree.
(he / phone) [pic] Angie before he went to see her in London?
She (not / ride) [pic] a horse before that day.
