1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 .When it _______________________ (stop) raining, we _______________________ (go out) and _______________________ (put) the kayak in the water.
2. While I _______________________ (wait) at the bus stop, I _______________________ (see) an accident.
3 .Suddenly, the man _______________________ (take) the purse from the woman’s handbag and _______________________ (run off).
4 .At 5 p.m. yesterday, I _______________________ (read) a book about Captain Cook and my sister _______________________ (watch) a film about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
5. I _______________________ (relax) in the sun when a cloud _______________________ (appear) in the sky.
6. When the sailor _______________________ (open) the box, he _______________________ (find) an old map inside.
7. While everyone _______________________ (argue), I _______________________ (realise) it was a good time to go.
8. As I _______________________ (leave) the party, I finally _______________________ (remember) the man’s name.
9. The man _______________________ (wear) a raincoat and _______________________ (carry) a big suitcase.
10. The girl _______________________ (run) through the forest when she _______________________ (slip) over.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 It was a bright day in July, but inside the Son Doong C_ _ _ it was very dark and cold.
2 It's a s_ _ _ _ climb to the top of Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands, but the view is worth it.
3 Angel Falls, on the Guaja River in Venezuela, is the highest w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world.
4 During the day, the temperature in the Sahara d_ _ _ _ _ can reach 50°C, but at night it sometimes falls to below 0°C.
5 The beautiful White C_ _ _ _s of Dover are very high and it’s dangerous to walk too close to the edge.
6 The edges of Lake Como in Italy are s_ _ _ _ _ _ , but it’s quite deep in the middle.
7 Over 1,500 people lost their lives in the early morning of 15 April 1912 when the Titanic sank in the i_ _ waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
8 You can collect seashells from the s_ _ _ _ in the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.
Put the verbs into Past Continuous Tense or Past Simple:
8. While I (go) ___was going____ out of the office. I (see) ___saw___ a familiar face.
9. I (make) ___was making___ a cake when the light went out. I had to finish it in the dark.
10. He (wear) ____was wearing___ your nice suit when I (meet) ____met___ him yesterday.
11. While you (play) ____were playing____ the cards, I (watch) ____was watching_____ T.V.
12. Yesterday I (walk) ____was walking____ along the street when I realized that a man with a black brerd following me.
13. The last time I (see) ___saw____ him in public he (wear) ____was wearing_____ a grey suit.
14. He (buy) _____bought____ that car 5 years ago but it still looks very new.
15. Last night we (watch) ___was watching __ TV when the power (fail) ___failed___