Question

3 Read the situations and put the verbs into the correct form, past continuous or past simple.

I saw (see) Sue in town yesterday but she was looking (look) the other way.
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.
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.
It ----------- (happen) when she -----------(paint) her room. She -----------(fall) of the ladder

The train ---------- (arrive) at the station and Paula------------ (get) off. Two friends of hers, John and Jenny ----------------- (wait) to meet her.
Yesterday Sue ---------- (walk) along the road when she ------------ (meet) Jim. He ------------ (go) to the station to catch a train and he -------------- (carry) a bag. They------------ (stop) to talk for a few minutes.

Answer 1

1) saw, 2) was looking, 3) met, 4) were going, 5) was going, 6) were having, 7) were waiting, 8) was cycling, 9) stepped, 10) was going, 11) managed, 12) not to hit, 13) happened, 14) was painting, 15) fell, 16) arrived, 17) got, 18) were waiting, 19) was walking, 20) met, 21) was going, 22) was carrying, 23) stopped

Answer 2

I ---------- (met) Tom and Ann at the airport a few weeks ago. They ------------- (were going) to Berlin and I ---------- (was going) to Madrid. We ------------- (had) a chat while we -------------- (were waiting) for our flights.
I ---------- (was cycling) home yesterday when suddenly a man ---------- (stepped) out into the road in front of me. I ------------- (was going) quite fast but luckily I ------------- (managed) to stop in time and ------------- (did not/hit) him. It ----------- (happened) when she -----------(was painting) her room. She -----------(fell) of the ladder. The train ---------- (arrived) at the station and Paula------------ (got) off. Two friends of hers, John and Jenny ----------------- (were waiting) to meet her. Yesterday Sue ---------- (was walking) along the road when she ------------ (met) Jim. He ------------ (was going) to the station to catch a train and he -------------- (was carrying) a bag. They------------ (stopped) to talk for a few minutes.