Exercise 4

THE USE OF THE PAST INDEFINITE AND THE PAST CONTINUOUS
Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps using the verbs in brackets in the correct form, past simple or past continuous, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
1. When the explosion happened, hundreds of people (pass) through the airport.
2. When I heard the phone ring, I (stop) writing to answer it.
3. Amy (read), so she didn't see me walking past.
4. I (have) piano lessons every week from the age of six onwards.
5. We decided to leave the beach because it (get) dark and we wanted to get home while there was still some light.
6. By the time we (arrive), the party was almost over.
7. Since the hotel had a pool, you (swim) every day?
8. The Industrial Revolution (attract) many people from the country to the city.
9. NASA (put) the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit around the Earth in 1990.
10. Sorry I couldn't come on Friday, I (work) on my project.