VERB FORMS

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Put the verbs into the correct form (the past continuous tense).

41. When I phoned my friends, they (play) computer games.
42. Yesterday at six my sister (prepare) dinner.
43. The children (play) in the garden when it began to rain.
44. I (practise) the guitar when she came home.
45. They (not / cycle) all day.
46. While Tom (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.
47. I tried to tell my mother the truth but she (not/ listen) .
48. What (you / do) you yesterday?
49. Why did you disagree with me at the meeting? you to make me look incompetent? (be/ try)
50. Daisy the buffet while I was looking for the drinks. (prepare)