Exercise 3 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous. 1. I_____ (work) in Oxford when I _____(meet) Tony for the first time. 2. It _____ (rain) when Sara _____ (arrive) home. 3. We _____ (have) lunch when you _____ (ring). 4. You ____ (chat) when I _____ (come) in. 5. Joe _____ (cook) when he _____ (cut) his finger. 6. Dave and Becky _____ (watch) TV when the baby _____ (wake) up. 7. Ben ____ (play) chess when you ____ (enter) the room. 8. She ____ (take) a music lesson when your friend ____ (call) on me.
1 was working, met 2 was raining, arrived 3 were having, rang 4 were chatting, came 5 was cooking, cut 6 were watching, woke 7 was playing, entered 8 was taking, called