E5 - past simple and past continuous

My uncle ……………. (save) a lot of money to buy a new sports car two years ago.

• saved

• saves

Andrew ………………. (give) some money to his sister and she ………… (tell) him ‘thank you’.

• give/ tell

• gave/ told

• gived / telled

They ………. (talk) on the phone when the boss …………..(arrive) at the office.

• talking/ arriving

• talked/ arrived

• were talking/ arrived

John …………… (walk) his dogs when he ……………. (see) your girlfriend with Sergio.

• was walking / saw

• walked/ saw

• walking/ seeing

The little girl ……………. (fall) down and ……..……… (cry) loudly.

• was falling/ crying

• fell/ cried

• fall/ cry

My mother ............ to the supermaket last week.

• goes

• went

I was walking home, when the rain __________.

• started

• was starting

• is starting

Last year I _______ a tennis tournament

• win

• won

• was winning

Over 40 years ago astronauts ________ on the moon.

• are landing

• were landing

• landed

Martians __________ Earth 20 years ago!

• visited

• was visiting

• is visiting