Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the given verbs 1 Larry (play)
computer games while his brother chat
with a friend
yesterday evening.
2 Bob (begin)
to be interested in programming when he( be)
3 Our grandparents (not be)
as familiar with technology in their childhood as we are now.
4 A: Why *(not come/you) to the party last Saturday?
B: I (have)
a soccer game.
A: How( you/play)
B: We (win)
5:3.
5 Lina (get)
ready when Megan (ring)
to cancel the meeting.
6 I (not understand) anything when our teacher (explain)
some grammar rules in
Spanish.
7 She (come)
home, (take)
her laptop and (go)
on to check her
e-mails.
8 I (feel)
very cold the whole day because I probably had the flu.
9 While I (sit)
in on the meeting my wife (call)
me without stopping! I was
so mad!

1 Larry played computer games while his brother chatted with a friend yesterday evening.
To fill in this gap, we need to use the past form of the verb "play" for Larry and the base form of the verb "chat" for his brother. We use the past form "played" for Larry because the action happened in the past, and we use the base form "chat" for his brother because it is a present action that happened at the same time.

2 Bob began to be interested in programming when he was.
To fill in this gap, we need to use the past form of the verb "begin" for Bob and the past form of the verb "be" for the past tense of the verb "be" for the second part of the sentence. We use the past form "began" for Bob because the action happened in the past, and we use the past form "was" for the verb "be" to show the past tense.

3 Our grandparents were not as familiar with technology in their childhood as we are now.
To fill in this gap, we need to use the past form of the verb "be" for the verb "not be" and the base form "are" for the verb "we are." We use the past form "were" for the verb "be" because the action happened in the past, and we use the base form "are" because it is a present action for "we are" now.

4 A: Why didn't you come to the party last Saturday?
B: I had a soccer game.
A: How did you play?
B: We won 5:3.
To fill in this gap, we need to use the negative form "didn't come" for the verb "not come" in question A. For the verb "have" in B's answer, we use the past form "had." In the question "How did you play?", we use the base form "play" to ask about the action. And for B's answer, we use the past form "won" to show the past tense.

5 Lina was getting ready when Megan rang to cancel the meeting.
To fill in this gap, we use the past form "was getting" for the verb "get" to show the ongoing action in the past for Lina. We use the past form "rang" for the verb "ring" because it happened in the past.

6 I didn't understand anything when our teacher explained some grammar rules in Spanish.
To fill in this gap, we use the negative form "didn't understand" for the verb "not understand" to show the negative past action. We use the past form "explained" for the verb "explain" because it happened in the past.

7 She came home, took her laptop, and went on to check her e-mails.
To fill in this gap, we use the past form "came" for the verb "come" to show the past action of coming home. We use the base form "take" for the verb "take" because it is a present action. We use the base form "go" for the verb "go" because it is a present action.

8 I felt very cold the whole day because I probably had the flu.
To fill in this gap, we use the past form "felt" for the verb "feel" to show the past action. We use the base form "had" for the verb "have" because it is a present action.

9 While I was sitting in on the meeting, my wife called me without stopping! I was so mad!
To fill in this gap, we use the past form "was sitting" for the verb "sit" to show the ongoing past action. We use the past form "called" for the verb "call" to show the past action of calling. We use the past form "was" for the verb "be" to show the past tense.