Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the given verbs
Past Simple/Continuous Formation
Past Simple

Some verbs are regular. The past simple of regular verbs is –ed: work – worked, jump – jumped, like – liked.

Remember:

• if a verb ends in a consonant +y, we change -y into -i+ed: cry – cried, marry – married;
• if a verb ends in a short vowel + a consonant, we double the consonant: stop – stopped, ban – banned.

Some verbs are irregular. We must remember their past simple form: run – ran, break – broke, take – took, say – said, etc.

We form past simple negatives, questions, and short answers with did:

I didn't see Mark yesterday.

A: Did you live in London when you were a child?

B: No, I didn't.

Past Continuous

We use was/were + -ing to form the past continuous:

I was having lunch when my mum came.

They weren't sleeping at 10 p.m. yesterday.

Were you sleeping when I called you? – Yes, I was.

Remember:

• if a verb ends in –e, we omit –e and add –ing: make – making, ride – riding;
• if a verb ends in a short vowel + a consonant, we double the consonant: swim – swimming, run – running;
• if a verb end is –ie, we change –ie into –y+ing: die – dying, lie – lying.

1. Larry [ ] computer games while his brother [ ] with a friend yesterday evening.

2. Bob [ ] to be interested in programming when he [ ] 9.

3. Our grandparents [ ] as familiar with technology in their childhood as we are now.

4. A: Why [ ] to the party last Saturday?

   B: I [ ] a soccer game.

   A: How [ ]?

   B: We [ ] 5:3.

5. Lina [ ] ready when Megan [ ] to cancel the meeting.

6. I [ ] anything when our teacher [ ] some grammar rules in Spanish.

7. She [ ] home, [ ] her laptop and [ ] on to check her e-mails.

8. I [ ] very cold the whole day because I probably had the flu.

9. While I [ ] in on the meeting my wife [ ] me without stopping! I was so mad!