Question

Past simple i past continuous

A group of six students from New Zealand (a) were doing (do) a science project when they (b)......(invent) a very useful gadget. They (c)......(create) a gadget which can stop students cheating with mobile phones in exams. They (d).......(work) on a science competition when suddenly somebody (e).......(have) the great idea.

Yesterday three people (f)......(have) accidents when they (g)......(run) down a hill. Why (h)........they.......(run) down the hill ? To be the first to get an enormous cheese which somebody (i).......(throw) down the hill. This traditional "cheese race" (j)......(begin) in Gloucestershire hundreds of years ago.

A penguin (k)........(swim) ay its home is Scarborough Sea Life Centre when somebody (l)......(come) and (m).....(take) her away. Then they simply (n)......(leave) the penguin in an old abandoned garden. Somebody (o).....(hear) the penguin because it (p).........(make) terrified noises. The penguin is now back at the Sea Life Centre, recovering from its traumatic experience.

Answer 1

B) invented
c) were creating
d) were working
e) had
f) were having
g) run
h) were they running
i) thrown
j) began
k) was swimming
l) came
m) took
n) left
o) heard
p) was making