Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past
Simple and/or the Past Continuous.
0 The cat was sleeping (sleep) on my laptop
when I got (get) home.
1 I’m sorry I (not /
hear) you. My sister
(shout).
2 Gabriela and Theo
(wait) for the bus when their father
(call) them.
3 What (you / do) at
nine o’clock on Sunday?
(you / watch) that film about famous
inventors’ lives?
4 When Rose (talk)
to Nancy on the phone, the phone
suddenly (crash).
5 When I (be) about
seven years old, a big computer company
from India (want)
to give my father a good job there.
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