Past simple or past continuous? 2 put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.

1 when the teacher

(talk) about her

2 tom

weekend, someone

(ask) her a question.

(walk) down the street when he

(see) jane.

3 mike

(not work) when tina

4 clare

(arrive). he

(look) different when i

(watch) tv.

(meet) her at the party.

5 the supermodel

(fall over) as she

(walk) along the catwalk.

6 while they

(climb) the mountain, it

(begin) to snow.

7 we

(drive) to london when we

8 i

(have) an accident. (swim) in the lake when i

(get) a pain in my leg.

past perfect 3 join the pairs of sentences. use the past perfect and the

word in brackets. example

1 we reached greece. we were on the road for five weeks.

(when) we had been on the road for five weeks when we reached greece. or when we reached greece, we had been on the road for five weeks.

2 we went to chile we went to brazil first. (after) 3 i never did anything like white-water rafting. i decided to

try it. (so)

4 we didn't see each other for a long time. we met for a

drink. (when)

5 we walked for many miles. we saw the village. (when) 6 sarah knew the road very well. she travelled that way

many times. (so)