Fill in the blanks with the simple present, simple past or past continuous form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. Our school team …………… the football trophy last year.

wins
won
was winning

2. My grandfather …………….. two miles every morning.
walks

was walking
walked

3. While he ………………, he started feeling dizzy.

exercised
was exercising
exercises

4. We ………………….. our friend’s  birthday celebration yesterday.

attended
was attending
are attending

5. I ……………….. across this book in a roadside bookshop.

came
was coming
come

6. When the students …………… the experiment, they ……………… an explosion.

were performing, heard
performed, were hearing
were performing, were hearing

7. I ……………….. a phone call from my brother about an hour ago.

received
was receiving
receive

8. He ……………. three shirts in the bargain sale.

bought
was buying
had bought

9. While the bus …………….. a sharp turn, it …………….. against a tree.

took, dashed
was taking, was dashing
took, was dashing

10. My friend ……………. me last week.

meet
met
was meeting

Answers

1. Our school team won the football trophy last year.

2. My grandfather walks two miles every morning.

3. While he was exercising, he started feeling dizzy.

4. We attended our friend’s birthday celebration yesterday.

5. I came across this book in a roadside bookshop.

6. When the students were performing the experiment, they heard an explosion.

7. I received a phone call from my brother about an hour ago.

8. He bought three shirts in the bargain sale.

9. While the bus took a sharp turn, it dashed against a tree.

10. My friend met me last week.