PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.

At this time yesterday he _________(drive) to the countryside.

Mary_________(wash up) while her mother ________(iron).

I_______ (clean) my attic when I _________ (come) across my school diary.

I ________ (meet) my friend yesterday when I________ (do) the shopping in Mega Mall.

My parents_______ (rarely / leave) us home alone when we were young.