Past Simple or Continuous
Danny could never agree with Fred. They ______ (always/argue)
were always arguing
I _____ (not talk) on the phone when you arrived
wasn't talking
I ______ (meet) him before he _____ (become) famous.
I´d met, became
We ___ already _____ (eat) when John ______ (come) home.
We had already eaten when John came home.
I____(drive) on the highway for miles when I ______(realize) I was on the wrong one!
I´d been driving, realized
My parents were real morning birds. They _______ (wake up) every morning before the sunrise.
My parents were real morning birds. They would wake up (wake up) every morning before the sunrise.
While George ______ (clean) his room, his mother ______ (cook) dinner.
was cleaning / was cooking
He ______ (not meet) his girlfriend while he ______(live) in London
didn't meet / was living
We ______ (see) the movie before, so we __________(watch) a comedy show instead.
had seen, watched
When I ______(get) to the airport I discovered that I ________ (leave) my passport.
When I got to the airport I discovered I had left my passport.
I _____ (write) my essay for an hour when I ______ (decide) to take a break.
I´d been writing , decided
When I was small, I ________ (think) that Santa was real.
When I was small, I used to (think) that Santa was real.
The children ______ (leave) their lunch at home every day last week
left
I ____ (not date) my friend's girlfriend while he ____ (recover) in hospital
wasn't dating / was recovering
When I opened the document, I ______(see) that I ________ (forget) to save yesterday’s work!
saw, I´d forgotten
I _______ (open) my handbag to find that I _________ (leave) my credit card.
I opened my handbag to find that I had left my credit card.
I was disappointed the show was cancelled – I _____ (look) forward to it for weeks.
I’d been looking
We __________ (spend) much time in the old factory before they ________ (tear) it down.
We used to spend much time in the old factory before they tore it down.
We ______ (talk) about the movie while we ______ (walk) home
were talking / were walking
The bus ________ (come) as soon as I got to the bus stop.
came
He ______ (live) here for three years by the time we (meet).
had lived
met
I ________ (know) my husband for three years when we ________ (get) married.
I had known my husband for three years when we got married.
Sylvia ______(swim) so her hair was wet.
had been swimming
When we ______ (live) by the river, we _______ (wave) at the boats as they ___________ (pass) by.
When we lived by the river, we used to/would wave at the boats as they were passing by.
Every day I ________ (see) her I ______ (love) her more and more.
saw / loved
He ________(not be) to Cape Town before 1997.
hadn't been
I couldn't see anything as I (lose) my glasses.
I had lost
First I tidied the flat, then I _____(sit) down and had a cup of coffee.
First I tidied the flat, then I sat down and had a cup of coffee.
I _______ (go) to the doctor’s because I_____(sleep) badly.
went, I´d been sleeping
He ________ (walk) to work every morning before he _______ (be injured) in the accident and _______ (spend) the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
He used to/would walk to work every morning before he had been injured in the accident and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.