GW B1 Unit 2 Grammar extension.

Complete the dialogues with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

1. A: Why     the police        (arrest) the suspect?

   B: Because they       .(find) evidence he was near the bank yesterday.

2. A: What     they       (stole)?

   B: They      (take) a diamond ring worth £100,000 and then they         (escape) through the window.

3. A: What time     they       (broke) into your flat?

   B: In the morning, when I     (be) at work. My neighbour     (see) them running away.

4. A: What     the police        (accuse) the businessman of?

   B: Fraud, I think. But he     (has) a good lawyer, so he            (not go) to prison in the end.

Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs given.

1 I            (try) to find the novel by Agatha Christie on my bookcase.

2 I                (not work) by myself to collect the evidence - I was part of a team.

3 Someone              (shout) at the shoplifter, Tell the truth!'

4 The police                  (question) the suspects at 5 pm yesterday.

5 What      you         (look) for in my bedroom?

Choose the correct alternative.

When the inspector               [arrived, was arriving] on the crime scene, the police were collecting the evidence.

They                     [investigated, were investigating] the case when the robbers turned up at the police station.

The woman shoplifted clothes worth £1,000 while nobody              [looked, was looking]

There was no answer because everybody             [tried, was trying] to call the emergency telephone number at the same time.

I left the sweets in the sun for a day and they                [melted, were melting]