Question

I. Give the correct form of the verb in parentheses, using Past tenses.

1. When the phone (ring)…………….., I (have)…………….. a bath.
2. You (wear)………… your new hat when I (meet)………… you yesterday.
3. When it (rain)………………. She (carry)………………. an umbrella.
4. The house (be)…………… much smaller than he (think)………….. at first.
5. While you (play)………………… the piano, I (write)…………….. a letter.
6. Before you (mention)………. Him, I never (hear)…………. of that author.
7. My friends (sing)………….. when I (come)………………. into the room.
8. Rachel (decide)……………… not to go out because it (rain)……………...
9. When he (go)……………… to see them last night, they (play)…………… cards. They
(say)………………, they (play)……………… since six o’clock.
10. The little girl (ask)………….. what (happen)………….. to her ice-cream.
11. He (eat)……………….. dinner when I (go)…………….. to see him.
12. Last night Lyria (listen)………………. to the radio when she (hear)………………... a strange noise
downstairs.

Answer 1

1. rang,was having.
2. were wearing,met.
3. rained,carried.
4. was,thought.
5. were playing,wrote.
6. mentioned,heard.
7. sang,came.
8. decided,was raining.
9. went ,played.
10. asked,happened.
11. was eating,went.
12. was listening,heard.