11. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:

1. What you (to do) at five yesterday? 2. She (to listen) to her favourite programme when I (to enter) the room. 3. We couldn't walk fast. He (to carry) a heavy bag. 4. Many people (to move) along the streets. 5. The orchestra (to play) dance music. 6. "Why you (not to come) to see us in June?" - "I (to be) busy, I (to finish) my course paper." 7. At what age she (to begin) to work? 8. He (to buy) this dictionary in London. 9. I (to buy) something at a shop when I (to hear) that somebody (to call) my name. 10. When he (to live) in London, he (to go) to the theatre once a week. 11. It was difficult to understand him. He (to speak) too fast. 12. She (to stay) with her aunt in July.

12. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:

1. On my left I (to see) the lights of the first house of the village, and I (to hurry) towards it through the wood when a sudden flash of light (to make) me stop. 2. She not (to see) him leave the office. At half past four she (to make) herself a cup of tea in a small recess off the main corridor. 3. The only person to see it happen (to be) a middle-aged American tourist. She (to have) tea at the window table of the café opposite. But, as she (to calculate) at the time how much she ought to give the waiter, the incident not (to register) in her mind. 4. I (to light) another cigarette and (to sit) over my cooling cup of coffee with one eye on the door and the other on the shabby black car. 5. I (to get) into the car when it (to occur) to me to leave my name and address at the bar. 6. For a time she (to knit) busily and (to keep) her eyes strictly on her knitting. 7. We (to go) out on a sunny terrace. The old lady (to knit) something pink, listening to the radio. 8. We (to approach) the outskirts of the town when I (to realize) that of course a service bus had to stop for passengers there. 9. And then somewhere in the crowd behind me I (to hear) my name said again. I (to look) round. The two ladies (to be) there. They (to hold) plates heaped with Russian salad. They (to talk) in low voices and I could not make out what they (to say).

13. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:

Note: Remember that when we want to express a period of time in the past, we usually use the Past Indefinite.

The Past Continuous expresses an action going on at a definite moment in the past.

M o d e l s: We lived there for 10 years.

They were waiting for us when the telephone rang.

1. We (to walk) in silence for a long time. Nobody (to want) to speak. 2. We (to walk) in silence when he suddenly (to ask) me if I (can) help him. 3. He (to wait) there for half an hour, but nobody (to come). 4. I just (to have) breakfast when the telephone (to ring). When I (to come) back to my coffee it (to be) almost cold. 5. I (to speak) to her several times, but she (to read) and (not to hear) me. 6. Ann (to drop) two cups while she (to wash) up last night, but neither of the cups (to break). 7. I (to walk) for a quarter of an hour and (to watch) what (to go on) around me: fast cars (to rush) in both directions, and it (to be) impossible to cross the street. 8. The old man who (to sit) on the bench beside me (to keep) silent for some time. Then he (to ask) me if I (to know) him. 9. She (to teach) Russian for two years when she (to live) in France. 10. He (to remember) the day when he first (to go) to school. 11. We (to talk) about Jim when he (to run) into the room. 12. I (to stand) at the kindow for some time; the sun (to shine), and I (to decide) to go for a walk. 13. For a quarter of an hour or so he (to lie) motionless, he (can) not make himself get up. 14. Alison and Cassie (to talk) on the staircase as I went down.