Past Simple or Continuous? Fill in all the gaps... use the correct form of the verb 1. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to come in) very late last night and unfortunately the dog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to wake up) and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to start) to bark. This _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to wake up) my mother who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to come) to the top of the stairs and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to say), 'Who is there?' I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to say) 'It is me', but she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to hear - not) me because the dog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to bark) so loudly, so she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to go) back to the room and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to telephone) the police. 2. When I last _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to see) her, she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to hurry) along the road to the station. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to ask) her where she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to go) and she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to say), 'London', but I don't think she _____________
(to speak) the truth because there _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to be
- not) any train for London at that time. 3. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to see) you yesterday on the bus. Why _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to use - you) a stick? I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to use) a stick because I had hurt my leg that morning falling off a horse. What horse _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to ride - you)? 4. When I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to arrive) at the station, Mary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to wait) for me. She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to wear) a blue dress and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to look) very pretty. As soon as she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to see) me, she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to wave) and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to shout) something, but I couldn't hear what she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to say) because everybody _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to make) such a noise. 5. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to take) my friend to a murder trial the other day. Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to be) tried (= verhoord)? A man called Bill Sykes. Was he acquitted (= vrijgesproken)? I don't know. They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to listen - still) to the evidence, when we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to leave). 6. The teacher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to come) into the classroom unusually early and one of the boys, who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to smoke) a cigarette, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to have) no time to put it out. So he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to throw) it under the desk and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to hope) for the best. A little later the teacher _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to notice) the smoke that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to rise) from under his desk. ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to smoke - you) when I (to come) in?' he (to ask). 8. When he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to awake) she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to sit) by the window. She _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to look) at something in the street, but when he _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to call) her, she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to turn) and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (to smile) at him.