Exercise 4: Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense, past simple or past continuous. Use the passive form if necessary. 1. When she heard the phone ring, she _______ (stop) reading to answer it. 2. My mother _______ (read), so she didn't see me walking past. 3. When the accident happened, thousands of people _______ (pass) through the airport. 4. I _______ (have) English lessons every week from the age of four onwards. 5. They decided to leave the beach because it _______ (get) dark and they wanted to get home while there was still some light. 6. Kate already _______ (think) of leaving university before she failed her first year exams? 7. Since your house had a pool, you _______ (swim) every day? 8. The disaster _______ (attract) hundreds of people from the country to the city. 9. Sorry I couldn't come on Monday, I _______ (work) on my project. 10. The national park _______ (create) to protect wildlife.