Past simple and past cont Gateway B1 U2

I _____ (try) to find the novel by Agatha Christie on my bookcase.

• trying

• was trying

• were trying

• tried

I ________ (not work) by myself to collect the evidence – I was part of a team.

• wasn't working

• worked

• didn't work

• weren't working

Someone _______ (shout) at the shoplifter, ‘Tell the truth!’

• shouting

• were shouting

• was shouting

• is shouting

The police _______ (question) the suspects at 5 pm yesterday.

• were questioning

• questioning

• are questioning

• questioned

What _____ you ______ (look) for in my bedroom?

• are/looking

• did/looking

• do/looking

• were/looking

When the inspector _____ (arrive) on the crime scene the police ______ (collect) evidence.

• arrived/were collecting

• was arriving/collected

They ____ (investigate) the case when the robbers ____ (turn up) at the police station and confessed.

• investigated/were turning up

• were investigating/turned up

The woman _____ (shoplift) clothes worth £1,000 while nobody _____ (look).

• shoplifted/was looking

• was shoplifting/looked

There ____ (be) no answer because everybody ____ (call) the emergency number.

• was / was calling

• was being / called

I ____ (leave) the sweets in the sun for a day and they ____ (melt)!

• was leaving / was melting

• left / melted