Past Simple or Continuous?
He _____ (arrive) at the airport and _____ (go) to the check-in desk.
arrived/ went
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.
While George ______ (clean) his room, his mother ______ (cook) dinner.
was cleaning / was cooking
The bus ________ (come) when I got to the bus stop.
came
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.
The children ______ (leave) their lunch at home every day last week
left
He ______ (not meet) his girlfriend while he ______(live) in London
didn't meet / was living
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.
We ______ (talk) about the movie while we ______ (walk) home
were talking / were walking
He ________(not be) to Cape Town before 1997.
hadn't been
I couldn't see anything because I (lose) my glasses.
I had lost
I ________ (know) my husband for three years when we ________ (get) married.
I had known my husband for three years when we got married.
Every day I ________ (see) her I ______ (love) her more and more.
saw / loved
I ____ (not date) my friend's girlfriend while he ____ (be) in hospital.
wasn't dating / was
He ______ (live) here for three years by the time we (meet).
had lived/ met
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.