Exercise 23.2: Past simple or past continuous

Use the verb in the brackets and the past simple or the past continuous formation to complete the sentence.

Example: I ____ (drive) the work truck when the tire blew.
Answer: I was driving the work truck when the tire blew.

1. Who ____ (go) to help us fix the tire?

2. We ____ (radio) for help when a truck pulled up.

3. By the time the service truck ____, it ____ (snow) out.

4. I ____ (hope) for a hot coffee when we got back into town.

5. As we ____ (leave) the scene, the other tire blew.

Unit 23