Narrative Tenses

Use Past Continuous for the verbs in the brackets.

1.Peter ( to write )             the invitations for the party at seven o'clock last Saturday.

2.The postman ( not to deliver )                   the mail at four o'clock yesterday.

3.( you / to do)                the shopping all day last Sunday? No, I        . I ( to read )             the book.

4.Who ( they / to speak )                    to at three o'clock yesterday? They ( to speak)               to their manager.

Choose the correct tense: Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1.When I             [came, was coming, were coming] home yesterday, my mother              [cooked, was cooking, were cooking] and my father              [worked, was working, were working] on the computer.

2.While Maria               [climbed, was climbing, were climbing] the mountain, her brother              [held, was holding, were holding] the rope and               [watched, was watching, were watching] her route.

3.When      [did, was, were] your sister           [finish, finished, finishing] reading this book? She              [read, was reading, were reading] it all day yesterday and                [finished, was finishing, were finishing] reading late in the evening.

Choose when or while.

1.I was waiting for a bus       [when, while] Frank stopped his car at the bus stop.

2.The boys were fighting       [when, while] I came up to them.

3.Irene was playing with a puppy       [when, while] her mother was speaking to her friend.

4.       [When, While] Martin was playing the guitar, the girls were singing.

5.       [When, While] Den returned home, his little sister was watching some cartoons on TV.