VIII- past simple or past continuous: 1. His uncle (teach)…………………. English in our school 5 years ago 2. The old man (fall………….) as he (get)…………….. into the bus 3. They (not go)…………….. to the movies last Sunday 4. When I saw him, he (sit) ………………..asleep in a chair 5. ……………You …………(find)………….. my pen yesterday? 6. It (take)……………. me 5 minutes to walk to school last year 7. The light (go) ………out when we (study)………….. our lesson 8. There (be)……………… a lot of noise at the fair yesterday 9. They (give) ………..me the letter a few minutes ago. 10. What she (do) …………………… when you (arrive) …………………… there? She (write) …………………… a letter. 11. She (have) …………………… her bath while her sister (get) …………………… the breakfast ready. 12. The storm (begin) …………………… at half past ten while the class (study) ……………………history. 13. When the students (hear) ………… the bell, they (get) …………… up and (leave) …………… 14. Mr Harvey (ask) …………… me about my plans the next time he (see) ………… me. 15. Just as I (leave) ……………for home, a student (stop) ……………………me in the hall. 16. As I (cross) …………………… the street, two cars (race) …………………… by me at full speed. 17. Dorothy and I (just leave) …………… the house when the telephone (ring) …………… 18. The minute I (hear) ……………… the news, I (send) …………………… him a telegram. 19. I (go) …………………… to ask you to help me, but you (sleep) ………… so peacefully when I (look) …………… into your room that I (decide) …………… to do it alone. 20. My mother (arrive) ………………… while I (clean) ……………… the kitchen . 21. John (work) ………………from morning to night: he (study) ……………… to be a doctor. 22. Just as I (write) ……………………the letter, the inkpot (fall) ……………………over. 23. A noise of breaking chairs (suggest) ……………………that the men (fight) …………………… 24. He (just close) ………………the church door when he (notice) ……………………a man still praying in the corner. 25. The men (fight) ……………… bravely, but the general (order) …………………… them to retreat. 26. As he (come) …………………… up his house in the darkness, he (see) …………………… that a man (climb) ……………… out of one of the bedroom windows. 27. John (work) ……………… hard when suddenly the door (open) …………………… 28. When we (open) ………………the front door we (see) ………… someone walking out of the gate. 29. Lighting (strike) …………………… the tree that they (shelter) ……………………under. Of course, they (have) ……………… a terrible fright, but they (be) ……………… very lucky. No harm (come) ……………………to them at all. 30. When I (arrive) ………at his house, he still (sleep) ………………. 31. The light (go) ……………………out while we (have) ……………………dinner. 32. Bill (have) ……………breakfast when I (stop) …………… at his house this morning. 33. As we (cross) ……………………the street, we (see) ………………… an accident. 34. Tom (see) …………… a serious accident while he (stand) ……………… at the bus stop. 35. While my father (read) ……………… a newspaper, I (learn) …………… my lesson and my sister (do) ……………… her homework. 36. The children (play) …………… football when their mother (come) ……………back home. 37. The bell (ring) ………………while Tom (take) …………… a bath. 38. I (be) ………very tired because I (work) ………… all day yesterday. 39. He (sit) ……………in a cafe when I (see) ………………… him.