VII. Put the verbs into the correct form, past progressive or past simple.

1. When Martin \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (arrive) home, Ann \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (talk) to someone on the phone.
2. It \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (be) cold when we \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (leave) the house that day, and a light snow \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fall).
3. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (call) Roger at nine last night, but he (not/ be) at home. He \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (study) at the library.
4. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (see) Sue in town yesterday but she \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (not/ see) me. She \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (look) the other way.
5. When I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (open) the cupboard door, a pile of books \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fall) out.
6. A: How \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (you/ break) your arm?

B: I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (slip) on the ice while I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (cross) the street in front of the dorm.

1. A: What \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (you/ do) this time yesterday?

B: We \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (drive) to London, but on the way we \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (hear) about a bomb scare in Oxford Street. So we \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (drive) back home straightaway.

1. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (meet) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (go) to Berlin and I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (go) to Madrid. We \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (have) a chat while we \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (wait) for our flights.
2. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (cycle) home yesterday when suddenly a man \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (step) out into the road in front of me. I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (go) quite fast but luckily I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (manage) to stop in time and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (not/ hit) him.

1. Flight 2001 ______ (fly) from London to New York when it suddenly ______ (encounter) turbulence and ______ (drop) 15,000 feet. The plane ______ (carry) over 300 passengers and a crew of 17.
2. While divers ______ (work) off the coast of Florida, they ______ (discover) a 100-year-old shipwreck. The shipwreck ______ (contain) gold bars worth $2 million. The divers ______ (film) life on a coral reef when they ______ (find) the gold.
3. A man was fined $4,000 for stealing an ambulance. The ambulance driver ______ (make) a phone call when the thief ______ (start up) the ambulance. He ______ (speed) away when the driver ______ (see) him and ______ (call) the police.
4. Police got a shock when they ______ (stop) a motorist as she ______ (speed) on the highway. While they ______ (search) the trunk of her car, they ______ (find) three snakes. The driver said she ______ (take) them to a pet fair.
5. Last night when we ______ (come) down the hill into town, we ______ (see) a strange object in the sky. It just suddenly ______ (appear) in front of us. We ______ (stop) the car and ______ (get) out. As we ______ (watch) it, it suddenly ______ (fly) away and ______ (disappear).
6. It was my first day of class. I ______ (finally/ find) the right room. The room ______ (already/ be) full of students. On one side of the room, students ______ (talk) busily to each other in Spanish. Other students ______ (speak) Japanese, and some ______ (converse) in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations. Some of students, however, ______ (just/ sit) quietly by themselves. I ______ (choose) an empty seat in the last row and ______ (sit) down. In a few minutes, the teacher ______ (walk) into the room and all the multilingual conversation ______ (stop).