Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets 1a: piligrims/survive)their first winter? b: the )them how to hunt and grow crops. 2a: )alexander the great? b: nobody.)of a fever. 3 a: children/watch)tv when you called? b: no.)lanch. 4a: /start) to speak until he was three years old. b: really? /know)that 5a: /burn) the chips? b: the phone )when ) them.
B: The natives were teaching them how to hunt and grow crops.
2 A: Who killed Alexander the Great?
B: Nobody. He died of a fever.
3 A: Were the children watching TV when you called?
B: No. They were having lunch.
4 A: Einstein did not start to speak until he was three years old.
B: Really? I did not know that.
5 A: How did you burn the chips?
B: The phone rang when I was cooking them.